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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
No one has mentioned this so far.......in times way past, like Greek and Roman days, hammer toes were considered a "mark of royalty". So, for some reason that I have never heard, it must have some advantages. Also, evolutionary biologists somewhere probably have written a paper about it - whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage.
....One of my personal experiences with my hammer toes was in about 4 the grade, I found out that if I put my foot on the base of the kid's desk in front of me - I could make a thumping, "hammering" sound that no one in the class (teacher included) could determine where it was coming from. I thought of it as my personal "superpower". As I got older and wiser (?) I stopped doing that ( at about a sophomore in College).
......One problem as I played baseball or football in high school, was that my hammer toe became "black toe" and there was some pain. It only got black on my right foot and I assumed that was because I was right-handed and my right foot was bigger. It was just a small nuisance, so I never thought about surgery.
........So I will continue to believe that I am ROYALTY and if you are in a local classroom and you hear a THUMP, THUMP ........its probably me.
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You're confusing a hammertoe with an "Aristocratic Foot" which usually has a "Morton's Toe", which is a long 2nd toe... It is a weak foot, from a biomechanical standpoint, not made for heavy use or work of the common man/woman...
Which is probably why no one has mentioned it...
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