DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve been told I have arthritis at the base of my big toe. Can this problem be helped? Yes. Arthritis of the great toe is called hallux rigidus, which means a stiff great toe. The ...

Hallux rigidus, also known as big toe arthritis, is the most common arthritis found in the foot. In fact, it’s so common that it’s likely either you or someone you know will suffer from this type of ...

FOOT, ARTHRITIS CAN BE PAINFUL AND AFFECT YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. AND THANKS TO A FEW FACTORS THAT MAY BE MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN IT IS IN MEN. JOINING US THIS MORNING WITH MORE IS DOCTOR DAN PATEL ...

Arthritis of the big toe can be very painful and debilitating. But now there is a new procedure, approved by the FDA in July that has patients back on their feet, pain-free in no time. The procedure ...

Cheilectomy is a procedure in which your surgeon removes extra bone on the tip of a joint in your foot called your first MTP joint. It can be done through a small incision or an even less invasive ...

If you have psoriatic arthritis (PsA), you’re no stranger to joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. The disease affects everyone a little differently, but foot problems are especially common. With PsA, ...

For such a small body part, your big toe can cause enormous pain — and when it wakes you in the middle of the night, the sensation is impossible to ignore. As it turns out, this type of pain is ...

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Dena Byars' big toe had become a big pain. "I got to the point where I was wearing not only flat shoes, but I couldn't wear any enclosed shoe at all," Byars says.

Wolfson relayed that Positano said, "Turf toe is one of the most feared sports injuries in sports medicine, because underneath that toe is a quarter-sized area complied with cartilage and ligaments ...

THE combination of an elevated serum urate level and joint symptoms that are atypical for classic gouty arthritis presents a familiar diagnostic problem to the clinician. Failure to consider the urate ...