Can traditional acupuncture cure hammer toes?

Hammer toes is a condition when the four smaller toes get aggrevated when walking and underneath the toes I feel some nerve pains. When I am running these toes crunch up or folded up. A friend of mine has the same thing and if this problem is not solved, it will be impossible to straighten up the toes in a folded position. Can acunpuncture solve this problem?

Acupuncture can treat anything from cancer to a common cold to hair loss. I'm sure that a GOOD doctor of Chinese Medicine can help with your hammer toes. I recommend seeing a doctor who uses both acupuncture and herbology.

In the meantime, I recommend using Yoga Toes (www.yogapro.com/ts/toestretch... You can wear them to help stretch out your toes and straighten them. They've helped me tremendously with foot and lower-leg problems.

No...see a podiatrist
There are many tendons that come from the muscles around the lower legs and terminate in the toes. therefore, the muscle in the lower leg is the "engine" that causes the movement of the toes. There are local muscles in the foot that also impact on the movement of the toes too.

Acupuncture can be very helpful for hammer toes. It is bunions that acupuncture is not so helpful.

You'd be amazed at how much relief you can get with acu. It will also assist you the pain as well as the range of motion and serve as a nice adjunct should you need a podiatrist. I've treated many podiatrists.

best wishes!
Based on my ongoing clinical practice of 25+ years in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine-acupuncture, Chinese herbalism) for most medical conditions and SUPERTOUCH(tm) soft tissue reprocessing(tm) for chronic pain.