The finest way to treat claw toe and flat feet

Claw Toe

 Claw Toe

Hammer toe and claw toe mean a bent toe. There is no clear cause for the development of hammertoes or claw toe. There are always two types of muscles in the body: muscles that allow you to stretch your limbs and muscles that will enable you to flex your limbs. These muscles are in balance. With hammer toes or claw toes, this balance is disturbed, causing the toes to bend excessively. The balance can be upset because the function of the small foot muscles is lost.

Some of the reasons for the failure of this function can be -

-          diabetes

-          rheumatism

-          joint wear

-          earlier injury

There are two types of hammertoes that differ in flexibility:

Rigid hammer toes

Rigid hammertoes are stiff. The toes cannot be straightened, even when trying to straighten the toes with your fingers. This form of hammer toe is painful and can affect mobility.

Flexible hammer toes

Flexible hammertoes are flexible, meaning that the toes can be straightened with the fingers. This type of hammer toe is generally less painful than rigid hammer toe and has less influence on the mobility of the patient.

In which phase of life does it occur?

A hammer toe can occur at any age but is more often seen in older people. Hammertoes are more common in women than in men, this may be because women usually wear tight shoes. Wearing tight shoes is not a cause of hammer toes, but they can contribute to their development.

What complaints and symptoms can someone have?

Hammertoes can be accompanied by pain, but hammer toes can also exist without complaints. Because the toes are crooked, wearing shoes is often painful, this is because the hammer toes press against the inside of the shoes. This friction can also cause painful corns.

What are flat feet?

With a normal position of the foot, there are about 1.3 centimeters between the surface on which one stands and the underside of the arch of the foot. When this space is smaller than 1.3 centimeters, we speak of flat feet.

What are the causes of flat feet?

The vast majority of flat feet are flexible, and only a minority is stiff. Smooth flat feet (also called physiological flat feet) are a natural phenomenon in children, it is part of the development of the foot. In adults, flexible flat feet can be the result of a too short calf muscle or an incorrect position of the ankle tendons.

Flat Feet causes can be treated very effectively by podiatrists. Surgery will often be needed to solve the problem. Ask Rainier Foot & Ankle Associates for advice about the best way to proceed.

A new technique is a minimally invasive surgery, where the treatment takes place via a few minimal incisions in the skin instead of an open operation. The tendons in the foot are as a result of this extended so that it is not necessary to loosen the legs.

Get more Information visit here :- https://rainierfootandankle.com/