Hammer/bent toe

My mum had some toe splints that she wore to sleep in.

She gave me some, but I found I had taken them off in my sleep.

I started a new thread on hammer toes, silly me, forgot about this one!

I'm well on the way to total bent up toes.

They do look as if someone has taken a hammer to them, and often feel like it too.

I had hammer toes on my left foot! After trying all the usual podiatry suggestions my GP referred me for surgery. I had one toe fused (joint doesn't bend at all now) and the tendons cut on the other two toes. It was done under local anaesthetic and I had an open shoe for a few weeks! Not painful at all!

I have always had bent toes which I hate, thankfully not painful, touch wood, but often think I need toe straighteners but wonder if they work. I also think corns develop on the bent bits. Oh, how I wish I had pretty toes and feet!
Think it can be hereditary, Dad had hammer toes.

I have several like that, I'm probably older than you.
I think the toe gets bent because of arthritis in one of its joints. Then often corns develop on the knobbles.
Over the years I've given up wearing strong/ leather shoes and boots and now only wear various types of Skechers soft shoes. Which help a lot.