Pedifix Double-Toe Straightener – Gentle Toe Alignment Support for Hammer Toes, Crooked or Overlapping Toes – One Size Fits Most

These work really well to help with Hammer toes and plantar plate tears. I have three plant plate tears on the 3,4 and 5 digit along with hammer toes on 4th and 5th toes. The best way to use these is in conjunction with KT pro tape. Tape the toe down that is in the hammer position and then put this splint on. Watch a you tube on how to tape the toe down properly. The two combined straightened my hammer toe out and relieved pressure on my plantar plate tear. I also stuck on a metatarsal cookie to the splint which helps offload pressure off the metatarsal capsules. Proper placement of the cookie is very important. Remove the splint at night but leave the KT tape on.Wear these in a wide toe box shoe like Altra's Lone Peak or New Balance. Its important to wear a zero drop shoe with a stiff sole to allow the plantar plate to heal.Heels and narrow toed shoes are the worst thing you can wear. Make sure you wear a shoe size large enough for your foot and that your foot is not cramped. You should be able to wiggle your toes in the shoe. I order an entire shoe size larger than what I normally wear and then use heal pads to keep the shoe from slipping.

( See my review for the single pedi fix.)Two loops are more stable then one, but after long wear or active wear like dancing, the elastic bands begin to cut into the toes because the elastic is TOO NARROW... You have to have just the right tension around the toes for this not to happen. I do wish they would make the bands just a little WIDER for more comfort and also make them SPECIFICALLY FOR LEFT OR RIGHT feet as there is not enough space for the big toe to stay on the pad. In other words, the loops should not be centered so that they can be used for either right or left....the little piece of plastic embedded between the padding, is too small and the edge near the big toe becomes painful because it doesn't go all the way under the big toe! .Even so, these are the most helpful of all the many contraptions I have tried!! Would recommend trying them..

Highly recommend these a podiatrist provided these and then found them on Amazon.I can now wear them with socks and shoes and no toe rubbing as my toes cross , you can't go wrong.

This item, along with several others of a similar design that relies on elastic bands for helping with re-alignment of hammer toes or misaligned toes is not only totally ineffective but outright dangerous to the circulation of the toes being treated!! This product and all others of a similar design on Amazon’s website, shouldn’t be sold to the consumer!!

So far so good. Easy to use and worth it! Stays in place and easy to where with socks and shoes.

I find this product useful, but it doesn't always stay straight on my foot. It does stay put when it's inside my shoes, so that's good. I like that the loops are adjustable. Even without any specific foot problem you might find this product useful if you are a runner, because it helps prevent friction between your toes, so I suppose there is less chance of blisters. I have a "hammer-toe" situation, so I need something that not only separates the toes but also holds them straight. I won't buy another one right away because this product is even washable, can be used on either foot, and you can get one, two or three loops, depending on what you need. In general it's a good product and does what the manufacturer says it does, plus it can be used for a long time because it's an actual "device," not just a stick-on thing. I would buy it again it I need another one.

As a Physical Therapist, I have worked with dozens of different hammer toe correction products, toe spacers, toe straighteners and hallux valgus orthoses. In order to determine my tolerance, I wore this device around the house (in my slippers without a sock) for a few hours over two days. It felt fine, so on the third day I wore it to work under my usual cotton sock and loafer style shoe. The entire day the product was comfortable and it worked perfectly, it stabilized my second toe and prevented it from crossing over onto the first toe. My skin looked fine when I removed it after 12 hours of wear on a hot NYC day, but then moments later the area of my foot that was in contact with this product developed an intractable itch. I have never experienced and itch like this, it was incredibly intense and unrelenting. After a few minutes of scratching without relief, I noticed the itchy area that was in contact with this product felt slightly tacky, evidence that the itch was related to some kind of adhesive residue left behind by this product. The itch remained even after I vigorously scrubbed the area with soap and water, so I scrubbed it with 91% isopropyl alcohol which removed the adhesive and relieved the itch. I thought the adhesive was a superficial remnant of the manufacturing process, so I attempted to wash it out with soap and water but that only made things worse. The water liquefied the adhesive, which turned the entire product into a wet sticky mess. The Pedifix Double-Toe Straightener is described as having "dual layer foam padding". As I was washing it the two layers of foam padding split apart. After the split it became evident that this was the origin of the adhesive because the bottom side of the upper pad was covered with an extremely sticky substance. Apparently the two layers of foam are attached together by an adhesive. Other than the adhesive itch, this product was comfortable and kept my second toe in place, so I really wanted to salvage it. The adhesive was only on the upper pad, so my plan was to remove the adhesive from the upper pad then sew the two pads back together.So I soaked the upper pad in hot soapy water overnight but the adhesive remained, even after I repeatedly wrung it out. Then I soaked the pad in 91% isopropyl alcohol for 12 hours but the adhesive remained, so I gave up. I removed the elastic toe loops and threw out the top pad. This adhesive problem was a minor inconvenience to me, but it could potentially be a very dangerous situation for someone with peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, or any other disease that causes impaired lower extremity circulation. The reason I gave this product a two star rating is because it did keep my toe straight and I managed to salvage this adhesive nightmare. I attached the elastic toe loops to the adhesive free lower piece of foam, then stitched a piece of adhesive free moleskin to the bottom. A number of reviewers who used this product reported pain. As a PT I feel compelled to weight in on that issue. As the product info states, this product is only appropriate for flexible deformities, but there's more to it than that. The likelihood of developing pain is directly proportional to the length of time the wearer had the deformity. In other words, the longer a person has had an overlapping toe, the more likely that person will experience pain or discomfort when they use any device that attempts to correct it. In addition, age can also be a factor when considering tolerance. Generally speaking, the likelihood of discomfort is going to be greater if someone implements the correction at age 70, than if they implement it at age 40.

It actually helped straighten my hammer toe so i could put on my shoe and walk without much pain

I purchased this along with another silicone toe straightener so I could try both. I have to say that this Pedifix double toe straightener is brilliant. I have hammer toes and had one operated on 18 months ago, which has not been satisfactory at all and now has no strength in it which leaves my other toes to do all the work. Consequently they have been hurting so bad that I can hardly walk. When this Pedifix toe straightener came this morning I put it on after trying the other one first which was far too flexible. I have been on my feet all day (12 hours) and totally forgot I had it on. It has taken all the pain away, straightened 2 toes and is very comfortable indeed. I am so pleased that I had to write this review immediately as it is not often that I buy something that works so well. So I have just ordered another as a spare. They are elasticated as can be seen in the picture and seem to fit in my shoes with room to spare. 11/10

Não comprei para mim, mas a pessoa achou que melhorou o problema.

Formidable

Buen producto

Does what it is supposed to do. Just have to remember not to leave it on for very long at one time and don't wear it to bed. Great for the price