Hammer Toe Diagram. Don u0026 39 t ignore your feet. If the deformity occurs in the large toe it is known as a trigger toe.
Elongated plantar plate caused. If the deformity in the lesser toes involves both of the joints then the toe is referred to as a claw toe refer to picture below. Hammer toe diagram.
Wearing shoes that have a deeper toe box or a wider toe box can accommodate for some of the problems as far as for the.
Hammer toe claw toe mallet toe and retracted toe all refer to toes that dont sit flat on the ground when you are standing but rather get an angular bend in the joints making one of the joints prominent above the usual thickness of the toes. In hammer toe the affected toe is bent at the middle joint which is called the proximal interphalangeal pip joint. The phalanx bones of the toe join to the metatarsal bones of the foot at the interphalangeal jointsoutside the hallux bones is skin and present on all five toes is a toenail. Muscles work in pairs to straighten and bend the toes.