Hammertoe? Claw foot?
by Susan
Approximately 8 months ago I started to develop a callus on the ball of my right foot. I had no previous foot pain ever. Orthotics were tried as well as cortisone injections. As time went by, my 2nd toe started to claw under and it also started veering to the left. My knuckle of the toe was enlarged. This all happened in a 8 month period of time. My diagnosis was hammertoe but isn't hammertoe supposed take along time to develop? If so, why didn't I ever have any problems? Hi Susan, In most cases hammertoes take years to develop. I do not know your age, but the older you are the quicker they may develop (since they are an arthritic condition, they occur more frequently the older we are). The other possibility is a certain pair of shoes that may have been too short forcing your toe to "bend". Lastly, if there is severe inflammation on the bottom of your foot, the increased level of swelling at the metatarsal-phalangeal joint (ball of the foot) may have caused an abnormal position of the toe at that point which is then further exacerbated by shoes thus causing the mallet toes. Marc Mitnick DPM
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