Treatment, The Toe Pad
The Toe Pad was first written about in a 1927 articlue by Dr. Dudley Morton in the Journal Of Bone and Joint Surgery. It was not called a Toe Pad back then but it was the was same treatment for the Morton’s Toe (Long Second Toe) of today. This is the same pad that is applied to the bottom of your first metatarsal bone that we use today to treat back pain, knee pain, hip pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis and most foot pains.
This is how the Toe Pad should look under the first metatarsal bone. Notice how it goes up and down.
How the Toe Pad Works to Make You Feel Better.
According to Dr. Morton, if you have a Morton’s Toe, it can cause excessive strain on the second metatarsal bone or other parts of your body and foot. It is this strain that can be the real cause of why you can be hurting not only in your foot, but all over your body.
The Toe Pad works by removing this strain, by acting as a platform on the bottom of the first metatarsal bone. This platform allows the first metatarsal bone to meet the ground properly and then forces it to bear weight normally. Once this happens, the abnormal strain that was improperly put on the second metatarsal bone starts to be removed and shifted back to the first metatarsal bone. It is this shifting of the abnormal strain off of the second metatarsal bone, back to the first metatarsal bone where it belongs, that will start to have you feeling better again.
