Family Foot & Ankle is here to help you with many common foot and ankle conditions, including hammertoes. Olney, Camp Springs/Clinton, Silver Spring, Kensington, Laurel, and Maple Lawn, MD residents with this condition might feel like there’s nothing they can do to improve it. Thankfully, that’s not the case, and our team can help you out significantly.

We Start With Diagnosis

The first thing we’ll do for you is diagnose what kind of hammertoe problem impacts you. Typically, we’ll do a visual inspection and X-rays to determine where the joints are impacted. Then, we’ll decide on a therapy method that makes the most sense for your feet. 

Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Your Pain 

Typically, we’ll start with the most conservative care possible to help your feet and toes. For example, we’ll find better shoes that take pressure off your toes to manage your hammertoe. If you like your pair, a stretching device may even help widen your shoes. 

Toe Support That Provides Better Relief and Care 

Pads and taping over the affected area help to cushion it and minimize pain. While you can handle this step yourself, we’ll do it for you to ensure it goes smoothly. We can even install orthotic devices to help better support your feet and keep your toes in the best position.

Pain Medications and Toe Exercises to Avoid Suffering 

At Family Foot & Ankle, we can prescribe pain medicines to manage your hammertoes in Olney, Camp Springs/Clinton, Silver Spring, Kensington, Laurel, and Maple Lawn,MD. We’ll also work you through various toe exercises, which strengthen muscles and improve alignment.

Prevention To Mitigate A Recurrence 

If you’re sick of your hammertoe and don’t want it to come back, avoid narrow shoes, sit and stand in new shoes before buying them, avoid injury to your foot, and keep your feet healthy. Talk with us, and we can help! We have many other prevention tools to support you.

Surgery to Restore Your Function 

If you wait too long or these methods don’t work, surgery (such as tendon lengthening or transferring) can help. These procedures help restore flexibility to the toe joint and can mitigate a hammertoe. They can also ensure your pain doesn’t worsen or become too hard to bear. You deserve serious foot relief.

Don’t Let Your Hammertoe Worsen

Too many people put off visiting our Family Foot & Ankle team when they have hammertoes. However, Olney, Camp Springs/Clinton, Silver Spring, Kensington, Laurel, and Maple Lawn, MD, who take it seriously, should call us to get help. With our team on your side, it should be easier to manage this problem and ensure you don’t suffer a recurrence.

• Silver Spring, MD, at (301) 439-0300
• Kensington, MD, at (301) 942-8110
• Camp Springs, MD, at (301) 868-7670
• Olney, MD, at (301) 924-5044
• Laurel, MD, at (301) 317-6800
• Maple Lawn, MD, at (301) 317-6800