Toe Anatomy

Too narrow shoes make the big toe bend outward forming a bunion or swollen big toe joint. Nowadays high heels can and often do cause foot problems as well as knee hip and back pain.

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Distal phalangeal joint dp the joint closest to the tip of the toe.

Toe anatomy. The talus which is the. Foot and ankle anatomy is quite complex. Pain swelling redness and bruising may be signs of a fracture.

The other bones of the foot that create the ankle and connecting bones include. The foot consists of thirty three bones twenty six joints and over a hundred muscles ligaments and tendons. Proximal interphalangeal joint pip the joint in the middle of the toe.

The metatarsals which run through the flat part of your foot. Some shoes scrunch up the smaller toes causing claw or hammer toes with painful corns or calluses on the tops of these toes. Metatarsophalangeal joint mcp the joint at the base of the toe.

The calcaneus which is the bone in your heel. Foot and ankle anatomy. These all work together to bear weight allow movement and provide a stable base for us to stand and move on.

This is the medical name of pain under the ball of the foot and often is caused by increased pressure on this area because of certain types of shoes or from conditions such as arthritis nerve compression called a neuroma see below and fractures or tears in ligaments. The phalanges which are the bones in your toes. Shoes first and foremost should fit the feet.

A viral infection in the sole of the foot that can form a callus with a central dark spot. Except for the big toe each of the toes has three joints which include. The cuneiform bones the navicularis and the cuboid all of which function to give your foot.

The metatarsal bones are the most frequently broken bones in the feet either from injury or repetitive use.

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