A mallet toe is a deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint in the foot, which has abnormal flexion that is either fixed or flexible. It may also be accompanied by symptoms of pain or callosity.

A hammer toe is a deformity that causes your toe to bend or curl downward instead of pointing forward. This deformity can affect any toe on your foot. It most often affects the second or third toe.

A hammer toe is a potentially painful deformity of the second, third, or fourth toes, where the toe bends upward at the joint, resembling a hammer. Surgery may help to fix a hammer toe.

If one or more of your toes are crooked or curled under, you may have hammer, mallet, or claw toe. Your foot has a strange shape because the muscles, tendons, or ligaments that surround your toe ...

In hammer toe, the affected toe is bent at the middle ... Eventually, the toe muscle can no longer straighten the toe, leading to the deformity. DON'T MISS: High cholesterol: Five signs in ...

In hammer toe, the affected toe is bent at the middle ... Eventually, the toe muscle can no longer straighten the toe, leading to the deformity. DON'T MISS: High cholesterol: Five signs in ...

Hammer,' 'Claw,' 'Mallet' deformities cause toes to curl – sometimes rigidly. They can make walking more difficult, cause toe-tip and toe-top friction and painful corns. "Soft, chamois-covered ...