The Great Toe Needs to Be Great It wants to be great.  You just have to let it be.  Your Big Toe needs to move. <----as we learned in Part one, which you can read by clicking the link The Greatness of the Great Toe Specifically the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP), where the big toe articulates with the foot, needs to be mobile and strong.  If the Big Toe isn't functioning as it should your balance wont be very good because you can't make microadjustments to the natural sway of the body at the foot.  Your walking gait will be off due to the inability to dorsiflex the hallux and take full advantage of the Windlass … [Read more...]