Hammer Toes
Product Solution
- Shoes dryer and sanitizer
- Customised Orthotic footwear
- Shoes with deep toe box
- Toe Separator
- Toe Gel Caps
A hammer toe is a deformity that causes your toe to bend or curl downward in its middle joint to look like a hammer instead of pointing forward
This painful condition forms due to an imbalance in the surrounding muscles, tendons, or ligaments that normally keep the toe straight.
Symptoms- A toe that bends downward
- Corns or calluses form on the top of the toe and the ball of the foot due to the rubbing and pressure from footwear on the toe.
- Difficulty walking
- Inability to flex your foot or wiggle your toes
- Claw-like toes
- A traumatic toe injury
- Arthritis
- An unusually high foot arch or flat foot
- Wearing shoes that don’t fit properly
- Tightened/ imbalanced ligaments or tendons in the foot caused by a structural or neurological change in the foot.
- Pressure from a bunion, which is when your big toe points inward toward your second toe
- Taping the toes in the correct position
- Custom orthotic devices for shoes can help correct and restrict further progression of the hammertoe
- Wearing proper footwear with plenty of room in the toe region
- Stretching exercises for excessively tight tendons and strengthening of foot intrinsic muscles
- Using an ice pack on the affected area
- Massaging the foot and affected toes
- Orthotic Arch support including metatarsal raise that supports the front arch of the foot, off-loading pressure from the nerve
- Broad and deep toe box shoes
- Resting the foot by taking a break from high impact activities like running, sports etc. which put repetitive pressure on the neuroma until the condition improves
- Bodyweight management
- Strengthening exercises for intrinsic muscles of the foot
- Customised Orthotic footwear is recommended incase of severe mal-alignment leading to tired achy legs
- Cold pack / Heat pack
- Therapeutic Socks
- Calf support
