Capsulitis of Toe Joint
(Pre-Dislocation Syndrome)

Capsulitis of the second toe, also known as predislocation syndrome is sometimes a precursor before a hammer toe becomes a hammer toe. Sometimes a patient will present after trauma to the toe with capsulitis and other times they can not relate any history of trauma. This is where it is our job as your podiatrist to dig deeper and investigate why this is happening.

Technically, this could happen under any of the metatarsal heads but just happens to be most common at the 2nd toe at the ball of the foot. Patients will often complain of swelling and redness at the ball of the foot under the second toe. They may have a history of trauma but some just complain it hurts a lot in that area under the toe walking barefoot.

Many patients are misdiagnosed with a Morton's neuroma and because of the treatment not being exactly what they need, they do not get better.