u/crustycrab2

I’m curious if anyone with sesamoiditis or a sesamoid fracture has experienced their 2nd toe clawing/curling during gait particularly during push-off. I’ve noticed my big toe feels weak and my 2nd toe tends to claw/mallet when I walk, and I also have a pretty significant callus underneath the 2nd toe.

I’m wondering if this could be from shifting weight away from the sesamoid and relying more on the 2nd toe during push-off. Has anyone experienced something similar?

28F: After 3 years and almost 10 doctors, 4 MRIs, 3 Xrays, 2 rounds of PT, 2 pairs custom orthotics, many misdiagnosis, buying and returning many shoes/braces/socks/OTC orthotics, thousands of dollars spent and probably thousands of hours of my own research (I feel like I could be a podiatrist now lol) today I have finally received a diagnosis that feels like it matches my symptoms. It feels like a new day and I really have so much hope for the future. It's crazy how these issues can drastically change your life physically and psychologically...

That being said, below is the surgical route I am planning on taking

Spring ligament reconstruction combined with medializing calcaneal osteotomy to restore hindfoot alignment and improve medial arch support and posterior tibial tendon debridement.

If anyone has any tips/tricks I should prepare for it, I would really appreciate it.

But the real point of this post is to be your own advocate!!!! Part of me so badly wanted to stop researching, stop driving hours to different doctors, spending the money, the copays, the deductibles, buying and returning things that didn't work and just giving up and believing that all doctors are crooks. Don't give up, there is a solution!!!