Our services include assessment, diagnosis, and advanced surgical and non-surgical treatment options to help restore the function to your foot and eliminate any pain. During a one-on-one consultation, our team can determine which option is best suited for your specific case, lifestyle, and budget.

Treatment Options

• Padding
• Orthotics
• Surgery
• High toe box shoes

Hammer toes are contractions of the toe caused by a muscular imbalance in the foot where the tendons on the bottom of the foot over power the tendons on the top of the foot. As the toes contract they may become permanently bent in a flexed position. This deformity often causes pain when wearing closed toe shoes when the bent toe begins to rub against the top of the shoe. The friction can cause a corn to develop.

We start by correcting faulty foot mechanics that cause the hammertoe to develop. The emphasis is also on relieving painful symptoms through anti-inflammatory medications and through relieving the pressure caused from the shoe. Early treatment focuses on conservative methods such as converting from a pointed-toe low toe box shoe to wider, high toe box shoes can alleviate the pressure.

Nonsurgical treatment options include:

• Shoe gear modification: Using wider shoes with larger toe boxes

• Splinting, strapping, cushioning, and padding of the hammertoes

• Custom orthotics to stabilize and slow progression of the deformity

• Avoidance of activities that aggravate symptoms

• Anti-inflammatory medications for periodic relief

• Physical therapy to calm the inflammatory process