
The Most Important Toe
It has a separate set of control muscles and tendon insertions than the rest of the toes. It’s the only toe that is made up of 2 bones as opposed to 3. It’s the biggest and strongest toe. Its length is usually comparable to one’s thumb. This is one of the most commonly injured and abused toes – stubbed toe and bunions. It is usually the longest toe except in Morton’s Foot (toe), where the 2nd MTP is longer. The large toe is only 5 times larger than the small toe, yet it carri