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09/07/2025

BIG TOE BENT = B I G Problems

Basic anatomy tells us that your BIG TOE is connected to your foot/ankle. Your foot/ankle connects to your leg that sits inside the socket of hip. Your hip is attached to a spine via your tailbone. Your spine extends from your tailbone to attach to your rib cage, which holds on your to your shoulder blades. Your shoulder blades act as a house your arm.

“Who cares?!??!”

All to say that if your big toe is crooked, it could be evidence that your SHOULDER PAIN is your hips fault.

WHY?!!?

When we walk and run, our hip is supposed to rotate inward as we push off the fatty pad of our big toe to extend our ankle. At the same time this is happening, our shoulders should be rotating in the opposite direction. These two actions combined lengthen out our abdominal and front hip muscles. When this happens, it is like taking a rubber-band and stretching them out. In other words, this LOADS the muscles so that they can EXPLODE into the next step.

“SOOOOOO?!??!”

A crooked toe (aka bunion) is an indication that we are NOT pushing off that fatty pad. If our hip can’t rotate internally then we end up pushing off the inside of our big toe. Do this enough and our big bends out the way.

“OK....but what about my SHOULDER?”

Your brain doesn’t really care if your mobility is LIMITED, it just wants to complete the movement task. So this means if your hip can’t internally rotate well when walking, one of its strategies will be to try and rotate from the shoulders MORE while walking and running.

This can be a BAD THING for your shoulder.

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🦵 Hip Muscles and Their Clinical Importance

The hip joint is stabilized and moved by a complex group of muscles, each with a specific role in mobility and posture.

🔹 Flexors

Iliacus & Psoas major (Iliopsoas) → Primary hip flexors, crucial for gait and activities like stair climbing.

Tensor fasciae latae → Assists flexion, abduction, and medial rotation.

🔹 Adductors

Adductor longus, brevis, magnus & Gracilis → Bring the thigh toward the midline, essential in balance and sports requiring quick side-to-side movement.

Pectineus → Aids in flexion and adduction.

🔹 Lateral Rotators

Piriformis → Important stabilizer; tightness can compress the sciatic nerve (piriformis syndrome).

🔹 Stabilizers

Iliotibial tract (IT band) → Provides lateral stability to the knee during movement.

⚕️ Clinical Relevance for Physiotherapists:

Weakness of hip flexors → Difficulty in walking and stair negotiation.

Tight adductors → Can contribute to groin pain and limited hip abduction.

IT band syndrome → Common in runners due to overuse.

Piriformis tightness → May mimic sciatica.

➡️ Understanding these muscles is essential for rehabilitation, injury prevention, and performance training.

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