Have you ever had the problem that your thumb always rubs your shoes when you put them on? Or take off your shoes and find that the bone at the root of the big toe is protruding, red and painful, and the tip of the big toe is skewed towards the second toe. If there are these situations, you are likely to have a hallux valgus problem! It is best to do "thumb exercises" at ordinary times to avoid the deterioration of the situation and even the difficulty of walking.

Hallux valgus is a very common foot disease. Observing relatives and friends around us, especially women, the incidence rate is 10 times higher than that of men. About every 3 or 4 people, one person's big toe will be deformed to varying degrees.

Chen, an attending orthopedic physician at National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out that hallux valgus is a very common foot disease. The big toe leans to the outside of the pedal and squeezes the second toe. The root of the big toe protrudes to the inside of the pedal and rubs against the shoes.

Most people's hallux valgus still needs to be corrected, but it is visually unsightly. However, if hallux valgus becomes serious, there is no way out. Bidai Syulan, an artist from Taiwan Province Province, once had hallux valgus surgery.

Caption: Hallux valgus is divided into 4 grades, which will seriously affect walking and require surgery. Before going to the hospital for examination, you can use 2 tricks to check yourself at home. What's wrong with toes moving up and down?

Test of the up-and-down bending angle of the big toe: You can first evaluate the angle of the big toe bending 40 upward and 40 downward, and compare the two sides to see if there is any obvious difference.

Internal and external activity test of metatarsophalangeal joint: test whether the internal and external activity of metatarsophalangeal joint is obviously limited and whether the ligament is loose, and at the same time palpate to determine whether there is deformation, bone spur and tenderness. ?

Usually practice toe "scissors and stone cloth" to relax the soles of your feet. It is suggested that people with hallux valgus can stretch and relax the muscles at the bottom of the big toe, reduce the pulling force of the muscles inward, and at the same time give training to stretch the toes to help them reset or maintain the status quo.

The training method can be guessing toes and making scissors, stones and cloth with big toes and other toes.

If you also have the problem of functional flat feet, you can also do short foot training, and try to shorten the distance from the big toe to the calcaneus by touching the ground at three points on the sole, thus producing the medial arch.

It should be reminded that although toe exercises can train the soles of the feet and prevent hallux valgus from aggravating, if your hallux valgus has caused other bone spurs and tenderness, you should treat it first, and then try not to aggravate it.

Besides toe exercise, changing a pair of easy-to-walk shoes is the fundamental solution. In addition to congenital factors such as multi-toe, flat foot, rheumatoid arthritis and long big toe, hallux valgus is mostly caused by wearing narrow, pointed and high-heeled shoes, which causes friction and oppression on toes, leading to hallux valgus.

Therefore, in addition to these exercises, the most important way to avoid the deterioration of hallux valgus is to change a pair of good shoes. After all, taking off high-heeled pointed shoes and putting on comfortable flat shoes can not only save your own feet, but also make the whole person much easier.