Hammer Toes

Product Solution

• Shoes dryer and sanitizer
• Customised Orthotic footwear
• Shoes with deep toe box
• Toe Separator
• Toe Gel Caps

Overview

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

Causes

• 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

Treatment

• 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

Product Solution

• Customised Orthotic footwear is recommended incase of severe mal-alignment leading to tired achy legs
• Cold pack / Heat pack
• Therapeutic Socks
• Calf support