Question 1

can foot accupressure help during early labor?

Accepted Answer

Ankle & hand: There are two acupressure points that can be used to help induce labor. One is on the hand and the other is inside the ankle. Be aware that they are normally only useful when the body is physiologically prepared for labor.  Acupressure can also be used decrease anxiety and pain during delivery.

Question 2

what are claw toes?

Accepted Answer

See below: They are the buckling of the distal toe joint downward;.

Question 3

why do people get claw toes?

Accepted Answer

Let me explian: The muscles that control your toes get out of balance and cause the toe to bend into an odd position at one or more joints. These toe problems almost always happen in the four smaller toes, not the big toe.

Question 4

how to tell if you have claw toes or something else?

Accepted Answer

Read below: Claw toes are hammertoes that are also contracted at the joints behind the toes.  Hammetoes are contracted toe at the middle area of the toes themselves.  Usually claw toes will affect all of the lesser toes, while hammertoes can be 1 or more toes.  If you have pain, this may be due to a neuroma or some other problem to the area.  See your podiatrist for help with this condition.

Question 5

what sort of disease is a claw toe?

Accepted Answer

Deformity of the toe: Your toes are bent upward (extension) from the joints at the ball of the foot. 
Your toes are bent downward (flexion) at the middle joints toward the sole of your shoe. 
Sometimes your toes also bend downward at the top joints, curling under the foot. 
Corns may develop over the top of the toe or under the ball of the foot.

Question 6

do you have to break toes to fix a claw toe?

Accepted Answer

No: Clawing usually from joint deformity you have to striating the joint somehow, one of them to break the clawing by taking part of the bone.

Question 7

i've heard different things. what exactly is claw toe?

Accepted Answer

Contracture: Each of the smaller toes in your foot has two joints (or knuckles). They are the proximal interphalangeal joint (this is the one closest the main part of the foot) and the distal interphalangeal joint (closest to the end of the toe). When both of these joints are contracted, you have a claw toe.

Question 8

has it been proven that loose shoes cause clawed toes?

Accepted Answer

No : I have never heard of that in the past.

Question 9

please explain if it is proven that loose shoes cause clawed toes?

Accepted Answer

Not sure if there: Is such a study. Genetics plays a role as does imbalance of tendons. If shoes are too big the toes may flex early to try and grab the shoe...So intuitively it may contribute.

Question 10

will claw toes give you nail problems?

Accepted Answer

May be yes?: Nail problems is not part of the clawing of the toes, the directions the toe take and the abnormal pressure apply to nail could cause nail problems?

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