Walking on my toes

As you know I’ve been dealing with some foot pain, and been on the interwebs searching for guidance. I’d try looking up hammer, claw and mallet toe to see if any of the indications sound familiar.

http://www.m.webmd.com/pain-management/tc/hammer-claw-and-mallet-toes-topic-overview

Thanks for your response.

I read that article and a few others. I’m 80% confident those maladies are not the issue. I don’t have the straightest toes ever but there is no significant deformity like in those photos.

That said, maybe I should do some of the strengthening/stretching exercises and try shoes with a wider toebox. None of my shoes have a particularly wide toebox.

Can anyone recommend a brand of shoes that have a wide toebox and a relatively stiff sole that are NOT zero-drop? It seems like wide toeboxes are often associated with soft zero-drop shoes. I like a shoe with a little bit of stiffness (lots of rocks where I hike) and I’ve found zero drop shoes to aggravate plantar fasciitis in one of my heels.

Matthew

So no trauma or surgery on your legs or hips?  It could be related to your plantar fasciitis since our feet tend to adopt a gait that avoids pain in that big ligament. When I first got PF, I found that when I scrunched up my toes and pushed on them every now and then, some of the PF pain went away.

An podiatrist or PT with expertise in sports injuries is probably the way to go.