The symptoms of hammer toes can be mild to severe and includes pain that is described as a 'hot poker' to the toes. Symptoms vary with the location of the hammer toe and the types of shoes worn.

Hammer toes come in all shapes and sizes. Hammer toes can be found to affect one of the toes or all of the toes simultaneously.

The name, hammer toe comes from the way the toe hits or hammers on the floor with each step. The primary deformity seen in a hammer toe is found at the PIPJ (proximal interphalangeal joint) which is the first or more proximal of the two joints of the toe. Treatment of hammer toes ranges from simple shoe modifications to sophisticated surgical repair.

Please call our Gaithersburg, Md office for recommended treatment.