TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE DISCUSSES MORTON'S TOE

MORTON'S TOE IS A COMMON FOREFOOT DISORDOR WHERE THE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE BIG TOE (THE HALLUX).  THIS CONDITION LEADS TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE SECOND METATARSAL HEAD (BEHIND THE SECOND TOE AT THE BALL-OF-THR-FOOT) RESULTING IN PAIN SIMILIAR TO THE DISCOMFORT ASSOCIATED WITH METATARSALGIA.  THE CONSTANT PRESSURE PLACED ON THE LONGER SECOND TOE WHILE WALKING OR STANDING CAN LEAD TO CALLUS FORMATION UNDER THE SECOND METATARSAL HEAD DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE.

TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MORTON'S TOE STARTS WITH SELECTING PROPER FOOTWEAR.  FOOTWEAR WITH A HIGH AND WIDE TOE BOX IS IDEAL FOR TREATING THIS CONDITION.  IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO BUY A SHOE 1/2  TO A SIZE LARGER TO ACCOMIDATE THE SECOND TOE.  ORTHOTICS THAT FEATURE ARCH SUPPORTS TO KEEP THE FOOT ALIGNED, AND A METATARSAL PAD TO REDUCE STRESS ON THE BALL-OF-THE-FOOT ARE OFTEN RECOMMENDED WHEN TREATING THIS CONDITION.  PROPER FOOTWEAR COMBINED WITH AN EFFECTIVE ORTHOTIC WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FROM PAIN ASSSOCIATED WITH MORTON'S TOE.  I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WISH THAT THEY COULD GIVE MORTON'S TOE BACK TO DR. MORTON.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.