Depending on if the holes develop at the top of the toe (dorsum) or the bottom (plantar), you could either have too much range of motion on toe off(hyper mobile 1st ray), or too much rigidity (hallux rigidus).
A hyper mobile toe will allow too much dorsiflexion in the toe and wear the top of the sock down, some people will even wear a hole in the toebox of their shoes. Too much rigidity will cause the toe to act like an extension of a lever arm and create too much plantar pressure.
You could also just have a competitively long big toe compared to your lesser toes.
This is fantastic! I did some searching for at home tests for hyper mobile first ray, and I definitely see a difference in mobility from one foot to the other, and I feel like my hyper mobile toe is always the one I see sock holes on.
Dunno what if anything I’m going to do about it, but greatly appreciate your insight.
You could try purchasing a Morton’s extension to add to your shoe to see if that changes anything.
It’s a thin piece of carbon fiber that you add under the insert/liner of your shoe. It helps prevent the hyper mobile joint from exceeding its healthy range of motion, and helps load the ground force reaction across the medial column of the forefoot a little more evenly. You can usually find them on Amazon for like 10-20 bucks.
Depending on if the holes develop at the top of the toe (dorsum) or the bottom (plantar), you could either have too much range of motion on toe off(hyper mobile 1st ray), or too much rigidity (hallux rigidus).
A hyper mobile toe will allow too much dorsiflexion in the toe and wear the top of the sock down, some people will even wear a hole in the toebox of their shoes. Too much rigidity will cause the toe to act like an extension of a lever arm and create too much plantar pressure.
You could also just have a competitively long big toe compared to your lesser toes.
This is fantastic! I did some searching for at home tests for hyper mobile first ray, and I definitely see a difference in mobility from one foot to the other, and I feel like my hyper mobile toe is always the one I see sock holes on.
Dunno what if anything I’m going to do about it, but greatly appreciate your insight.
You could try purchasing a Morton’s extension to add to your shoe to see if that changes anything.
It’s a thin piece of carbon fiber that you add under the insert/liner of your shoe. It helps prevent the hyper mobile joint from exceeding its healthy range of motion, and helps load the ground force reaction across the medial column of the forefoot a little more evenly. You can usually find them on Amazon for like 10-20 bucks.