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A hammer toe is curled resulting from a bend within the center joint of the toe. Hammer toe is often attributable to sporting ill-fitting sneakers. It typically impacts the toe subsequent to the massive toe. The affected toe could also be painful or tough to maneuver and should develop corns or calluses.
THERAPY
- Exercises may strengthen and stretch the muscle tissue within the ft, which may scale back the imbalance that hammer toe causes.
- Strengthening workout routines for the toe
- Manually straighten the toe gently
- Apply tape
- Taping is a method that seems to have the short-term impact of fixing the place of the little toes in sufferers with hammer toes.
- Flat or low-heeled sneakers, with a heel lower than 5 centimeters
- Shoes with a large and deep toe cap for lengthy or arched toes
- Open sneakers or sandals
Authors
dr. P. Senthil Selvam, PhD
Professor & HOD, School of Physiotherapy, VISTAS, Chennai.
Dr.D. Hepzibah Rubella, MPT (Ortho)
Researcher, School of Physiotherapy, VISTAS, Chennai.
Vels Institute for Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS)
