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10 Reasons Why You Might Have Toe Pain Charlotte Hilton Andersen
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Understanding toe pain
If you ve ever stubbed your toe walking to the bathroom in the dark then you understand that for something so tiny, a toe can cause real agony. Your toes may be small but they play an important role in your body, making up one-third of your foot stability. Think of your foot like a three-legged stool, supported by your heel, big toe/ball of your foot, and the remaining toes, says Kenneth Jung, MD, orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.
I Keep Hearing About Collagen Powder Everywhere. What’s the Deal? Ashley Mateo
You’re probably most familiar with collagen in terms of skin in the sense that losing it as you age is what causes your skin to get saggy or wrinkly.
But collagen is about so much more than aesthetics. It’s the most abundant protein in the body, and it’s not just in your skin but also your blood, bones, muscles, cartilage, and ligaments. “Collagen acts as a structural scaffold for the majority of the soft tissues of our body,” explains Natasha Trentacosta, M.D., a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. “When collagen breaks down or is defective, that scaffolding is weakened and structures such as skin and ligaments weaken and stretch out.”