When hammertoe occurs, your toe may press against the top of the toe box of your shoe, causing pain and pressure. |
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Unlike a bunion, which affects only your big toe, hammertoe can affect any toe. |
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Painful corns can form if a hammertoe rubs against the top of the shoe. |
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A hammertoe is characterized by hyperextension of the metatarsophalangeal and distal interphalangeal joint and flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. |
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Treatment of symptomatic hammertoe with a proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis. |
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The woman wore special orthopedic shoes to try and alleviate her hammertoe. |
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They identified it as hammertoe and explained to me the second toe is the most commonly deformed. |
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One of the original rock chicks, ex-model Jo Wood was diagnosed with a hammertoe three years ago, which she inherited from her father. |
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When one of the smaller toes takes on a claw-like appearance, it's called a hammertoe. |
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Bunions also affect the small toes, above all the toe adjacent to the big toe, which because of its curvature, begins to twist, this results in a hammertoe which frequently becomes complicated with a painful corn. |
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Dr. Johanna S. Youner, a podiatrist in Midtown, said her patients' high heels led to broken feet, bunions, hammertoe and inflamed nerves — but no headaches. |
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Conditions such as hammertoe of the second toe, metatarsalgia of the lesser MTP joints, plantar surface keratoses, and callosities can be present. |
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Toe deformities, such as hammertoe or claw toe, also can lead to corns. |
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He has undergone advanced training in ankle joint replacement, as well as in reconstructive procedures, including bunion, hammertoe, and flatfoot deformity correction. |
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Hammertoe is caused by a shortening of the tendons that control toe movements. |
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