


Pinky toe curled under and won’t straighten, anyone fixed this without surgery?
My right pinky toe has gotten progressively more curled and rotated, and now the pressure lands right on the edge of the nail when I walk, which is getting painful. I tried straightening it by hand and it barely budges, so I think it’s semi rigid at this point. I didn’t think my shoes were too narrow, but maybe I need wider toe box. I work from home these days so spend a lot of the day in slippers
From some research planning: wide toe box shoes, Correct Toes, daily stretching, and I’m getting a podiatrist referral going. For anyone who had a semi rigid curled fifth toe, did the conservative stuff actually improve it for you, or did you end up getting a flexor tenotomy? If you got the tenotomy, how was recovery?
Want to get back to barefoot running but feel I should manage this first…
Thanks!