hammertoe

When the toe muscles get out of balance, a hammertoe can form.

The surgery I needed to correct my hammertoe was scheduled for the following morning, and it would take less than two hours.

Surgery is sometimes needed to relieve the pain of severe hammertoe.

If the toe still can be moved at the joint, it's a flexible hammertoe.

Painful corns can form if a hammertoe rubs against the top of the shoe.

Once a hammertoe forms, it is not possible to reposition it yourself - believe me, I've tried.

The rain was still pouring, but I had no problem hailing a cab to take me to the hospital for my hammertoe surgery.

Thanks mostly to my advancing years and my inherited high arches, I'd developed a so-called hammertoe.

She has also had elective surgery on her feet twice, once to treat an in-grown toenail and another time to correct a hammertoe.

Over time, the result can be hammertoe (early stage, lower right), abnormal bends in the toe joints that can gradually become rigid.

Dr. Kendall Stewart had a hammertoe waiting.

Major injuries from tight shoes are deformities like hammertoe, in which the toes are contracted in a clawlike position.

"Can A New Implant Lead To Easier Hammertoe Arthrodesis?"

This leads to punched-out, painless ulcers usually under metatarsal heads, tip of toe, proximal interphalageal joint of a hammertoe or on the heel.

"New Implant Offers Viable Alternative For Hammertoe Surgery", Podiatry Today, March 2009, page 90.

I advised Mr. Rubin of the predicament created by my impending hammertoe operation, adding that my requirements in a cane were influenced by vanity as well as by necessity.

Yes, indeed, my sneakers are now a size 7, with a strong arch and a wide, high toe box to accommodate my spreading forefeet, a hammertoe and an incipient bone spur on my left foot, and a tender big toe with a chronic nail fungus on my right foot.