Monday, August 15, 2011
Weird curved toe causes pain walking. Any idea why the toe is curved?
I'm 32 years old and have had one jacked up toe my entire life. The fourth toe curves at the first joint and tucks under the 3rd toe. The bone closest to the foot appears normal, but the next bone has a bend in it. This results in a weird pressure point on the joint between the first and second bone. Basically the side of the toe faces downward from the joint to the end of the toe. The third toe pushes the joint on the fourth toe and it rubs against the floor. It's fine as long as I don't walk for very long. But when I go hiking or am running regularly, it hurts like a mo-fo. The kind of pain where you visualize getting a big pair of pruning shears and just snipping off the toe. There is a cycle of a callus building up on that joint, then the callus will fall off and the pain starts over again. I've tried cushioning it with moleskin, taping it to the pinky to try to get it out from under the third toe, and even used salicylic acid pads to create a callus. Having a callus doesn't entirely get rid of the pain but it does seem to help. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this clearly or not... I've looked at pictures of claw toes and hammer toes and that isn't what's wrong with this one toe. I know that my dad had the same weird toe issue but he ped away when I was young so can't really ask him how he dealt with it. Has anyone else dealt with this? If so, what can be done to at least reduce the pain if not get rid of it entirely? I'm pretty sure it's an autosomal dominant genetic trait but can't seem to find the name of it.
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