Sometimes some simple modifications can make a big difference!

I've had Hallux Rigidus for years as well. I've found Hoka Bondi shoes are great and recommended by some podiatrists. I know eventually I'll have fusion surgery but till then I am living one day at a time.

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Glad you found it helpful!

Thanks so much for sharing your technique with others. Truly appreciate it!

When I miss push ups I put on my mountaineering boots which are stiff and keep my toe joint from jamming

Hi Mike, thanks for watching and sharing your experience.

The video "4 ways to modify pushups and planks when you have hallux rigidus" is found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZl0mtKp36vHp3U.html

Thank you for watching. Glad you found it helpful!

Hey man, did you manage to fix your toe? Ive the exact same situation as you, cant enjoy hiking or sporting because of this. So depressing

Unfortunately you cannot reverse or heal the disease. You can only slow down It's progression by not stressing the joint. The cartlidge in the joint has worn down and you are bone on bone and the resulting arthritis is limiting the toes range of motion and causing the pain. Look into inserts to put in your running shoes that prevent the toe from flexing upwards. They also make stiff running shoes that do the same thing. Eventually you will need surgery. If your pain is minimal then shaving down the bone spurs may be all that is needed. If your pain is more severe then a more invasive surgery is necessary. Doctors love fusing the bones because it has the greatest success rate for alleviating pain but I would make fusion my last choice.

I'm the same love Hills! Fingers crossed 🤞

Did surgery help?

Update mate?

Did surgery improve it? What kind of procedure was performed?

Thanks for watching and adding your comments on your experience!

Thank you for watching and I hope you find the other videos helpful.

I would hope so...but CANNOT say with knowing your story, history and current condition. Would have to arrange a telemedicine consultation to advise you.

Good point! Thanks for sharing your experience so other can learn from what you went through.

It can be good or bad, depending upon the way the joint is stretched, and the location and/or extent of the joint surface damage. In general if the stretch is manipulated to avoid irritating damaged cartilage it can help improve motion. But if the stretch is grinding away on damaged cartilage, the arthritis could accelerate.

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Thank you for watching and for adding your comments about your experiences when seeing physicians with this condition. Sounds very frustrating!

Thank you for watching and adding your suggestions!

Hello, i bought on running shoes. The cloudrock and it is great for my hallux. I can walk for hours and no pain

Yep...at least to the point of end range of motion where the joint starts to jam, compressing any compromised cartilage. Might still be able to do them started from a low-drop position, though.

Arthritis is when your cartilage is gone and the bare bones get into contact with each other or with any remaining cartilage, which causes inflammation and pain, the body starts growing bone spurs in these places (because it doesn't know any better, and cartilage generally can't be regrown once you are past adulthood). Hallux limitus or Hallux rigidud means reduced (upward) movement range of the 1st MTP joint. It is the medical condition that results from the arthritic changes of bones and cartilage. There are also tendons and ligaments that get stiff because you can no longer move the joint far enough, so they lose elasticity. I have just had a Cheilectomy, the surgeon wanted to shorten the Metatarsal but I'd rather leave that, or a fusion, for later, as I have had minimal pain so far despite severe arthritis. I am terribly scared of a fusion because I believe it will make walking, running, and other exercises impossible

Hi@@dirk_t_wachter ! Im probably facing an operation myself, a cheilectomy or a fusion. How was your pain/symptoms when you decided doing cheilectomy? How is it now? As a outdoor-person I do fear the fusion myself, but take a look at @CameronMcNeishOutdoors videos about fusion, it will be a cheerful experience!

I see why you did not answer it is only for runners

Same, but boxing. Hallux rigidus sucks fking ass.

I think I have hallux limitus only realising now it's life long. I was OK for almost 10 years and now it's back? I do taekwondo and as soon as I stop my toe starts hurting. I'm afraid I can never enjoy moving around again and I'm only 26. How is your pain now?

@@nj472 Hi you are still quite jong if I were you I would take make a rontgen foto at hospital. If nothing is wrong there you can strengten your muscles round your toe with a good sport physiotherapist. In my opnion some harder contact or semi contact does not matter as you can get hurt wit semi contact also. I think these (semi contact)kicks are even moer unnatural, because you have to retreat the power. Do a good warming up. If it does not work try martial arts with shoes . Krav Maga, kungfu. Wing chun kung fu. or non contact karate. (mostly forms). I would not recomend boxing because actually the level of bending the feet is very great.

​@nj472 Look into stem cell treatments, that's my plan at the end of this year.

Thanks for your reply. Just curious what finally led you to choose surgery?

@@DocOnTheRun it was the pain especially after playing squash and soccer, the agony especially after soccer was excruciating. I'm in my 50's and still want to compete and be active. I was scared off by toe fusion because I would not be able to sprint and lunge, both important components in squash. There are a lot of misconceptions about cartiva and the final results. After four months I don't have any more movement in my toe (maybe 5-6%), it's just as painful as the other toe. I just had my three month x-ray done and the implant is perfect the Ortho said. I go back in another 3 months and if it's still painful then I may opt for fusion in the other toe. Would like to hear your thoughts on this.

@@TheLeipster Wow...sorry to hear you are having so much trouble. Given your circumstances, I am not sure that you really need a deep discussion with me about your progress right now. What would you want to figure out?

Hi@@TheLeipster ! Do you have an update? Interested in how people experience the implants.

@@OleEide it's uncanny the coincidence because today is the first squash game I'll be playing since the operation! I can say now that the toe feels better than my non-operated toe . The past few months I've been able to complete push ups barefoot with only slight discomfort. I definitely feel that it was the right thing to do compared to toe fusion however I'm still on the fence about getting cartiva in the other toe.

Great question! If you have stiff boots, the big toe joint doesn't move and sop hiking uphill won't jam the big to joint when protected in stiff hiking boot.

@@DocOnTheRun Thank you, Doc!

I'd like to know, too! Hiking steep uphill I tend to go as "flat" as I can and pull my body up from this weird position. It makes me breathless as I feel like I am relying on my legs entirely, like walking with stumps for feet. Do you find that, as well?

I just had the surgery for this four days ago. It was already hurting, so I didn't see the point in putting it off.

@@darlasowders5723 hi, can you please tell me how you are after surgery?

Generally speaking, any exercise that does not impinge the joint capsule or compress the cartilage in the big toe joint, should not be risky in cases of hallux limitus or hallux rigidus. Have you ever tried doing squats when the hallux limitus was inflamed, flared up and bothersome? If so, did the big toe joint ache or hurt while doing squats, the evening after working out or the next morning?

In my view "just stop" is not a treatment plan. It is important to figure what will work in your specific case, given your specific issues.

@@DocOnTheRun sounds reasonable

Yep. The joint won't move, but it won't hurt either.

@@DocOnTheRun But if the big toe joint won't move, then how is it possible to walk/jump/stand on toes, seeing that the big toe doesn't bend at all? I don't understand how that is physically possible? Do the other toes do all the work, and does that not compromise other parts of the body? Thank you for your insight.

Hello C, Thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. Sorry to hear about the fractures. To answer your question I would need to know more about how the doctor defined it as "end stage." Did you ask the doctor who said it was end stage whether or not running would make it worse?

@@DocOnTheRun I did ask. She said running on a treadmill might cause pain but she didn’t tell me that I need to stop running outside. I’m not sure exactly what she meant by end stage but she seemed to indicate that my cartilage is mostly gone. I can still bend my toe down but I can’t really extend it up well. Now that I have a diagnosis I have noticed that my toe is pointing inwards and I started wearing a splint to separate the toe from the next toe. I’m feeling really defeated at the age of 40. :(

@@cmdcrudele Sounds like a couple of fair questions for the doc would be 1) exactly what did you mean by end stage 2) why would running on a treadmill be bad for my condition, right now?

@@cmdcrudele Hi Christine, did you get your hallux rigidus issue resolved? Can you walk pain free again? Exercise? Wishing you all the best.

Aha, I just looked at your pushup/plank variations for hallux rigidus, and even though it's not hurting for me, probably best not to jam and risk irritating it, and i can just do as you suggest and supinate so the main pressure is going through the other toes... Thanks!. Any other comments tho, re jamming but not pain?

Thank you for watching and I hope you found the video helpful. Unfortunately I cannot say that it's safe for you to continue doing exercises if it's not painful when I haven't evaluated your condition. The truth is I just don't know based on that amount of information.

Thank you gor your very speedy responses

Thanks for watching and sharing your experience with others.

That's great. Thanks for sharing your experience so others can do the same! Stay fit!!

Whether or not it is okay would depend on the condition and extent of injury.

Thanks for watching! I cannot tell you which exercises would be best for you, because I have not evaluated you, the condition of your big toe joint, foot type and running style. Some exercises that would make one runner better could make another run worse, depending upon the mechanics of the joint and aspects of the condition contributing to the pathology. If you would like to discuss in detail during a web-cam call, you can block my calendar here. www.docontherun.com/payment-running-injury-second-opinion-skype-consultation-call-60-minutes/ Another option is to join the Fast Track Challenge, but that won't begin for another few weeks.

​@@DocOnTheRun 350 dollars for an hour... jesus christ

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Thank you for watching and for commenting / post in your question! Just curious, are you coming back from an injury or have you just been having trouble with squats in general? Are squats causing some kind of pain?

Hallux limitus(on back of toe injury doing burpees)-custom orthotics helping with pain free walking..But for some reason light squatting bothers me.I didnt know toe came into play doing squats.Thanks!

Im a keen hill walker aswell but havnt tried that since getting orthotic-hoping i can do that again?

@@richat1691 One thing you may find interesting... Try doing a set of light squats barefoot, using your phone at ground level to record video of the big toe and see how much it moves, flexes and even rotates slightly through the squat exercise.

So your saying the big toe comes into play? I will thanks.They def irritate it, il back off and stick to a bike i think as i cant think of any other alternatives.

Thank you for watching! Great question. Any athlete with hallux rigidus should be able to safely resume push-ups when 1) your doctor says it is safe or 2) something has chnged in teh condition such that you are certain you will not make the condition worse by doing push-ups.

@@DocOnTheRun last question, if I have a sprain of the big toe joint capsule is it safe to bend my toe even if it hurts or could this make it worse?

@@mattcowdrey3438 thank you again for watching. I am sorry but I can't provide individualized medical advice via social media comments however if you wanted to get on a call to discuss in detail we can certainly do that.

Not really...just have to know what stage and make sure you aren't making it worse to the point of being incurable.

Exactly.

Rigid golf shoes make make a HUGE difference!

Even if you have Hallux Rigidus you can still do cardio as long as you don’t move the joint in a way that increases the amount of damage to the cartilage, if there is any damage.

Yup, I do push-ups with shoes that don't bend and my feet up against a wall.