Erect big toe!

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Not sure what happened to me last night but I was woken by a really painful foot, took me a while to realise that the pain was from where my big toe joins my foot. Bizarrely when I put the light on I could see that my big toe was sticking up at a right angle to my foot, it took 20 minutes of rubbing to get it back to a normal position, and the area is still painful today.

I don't wear heels and haven't damaged it in any way so I'm at a loss to know what's going on. Does anyone have any experience of this? And how can I stop it happening again?

You do know most men can't rub away for 20 mins.... Unless you are a woman op you are very special!!

@Sunshineafterthehail not sure what you're getting at, I'm not male and I've a painful toe/foot.

Most likely to be cramp. My toes can do all sorts of weird contortions, and it's usually at night (although they have been known to go a bit doolally when I'm having reflexology - awkward!)

Cramp - or if it was hot and red/swollen, it could be a first presentation of gout.

Is cramp. I sometimes get it when I'm awake and it's the strangest feeling when it's trying to rise up!!

Cramp! Happens to me, Cramp in your toes is a special kind of torture. Next time try and walk, sometimes helps.

It's a form of cramp. My husband gets it and I've had it a couple of times, as well. It's a very odd sensation as until it passes, you can't get the toe to stay down in its normal position.

Thanks for the replies, cramp seems to be the consensus and does make sense, it was a very weird sensation like my toe was fighting against being flat. Hopefully it won't happen again.

Someone's had this before on here!

www.health.harvard.edu/pain/big-toe-got-you-down-it-may-be-hallux-rigidus

Apologies for assuming you had a sense of humour people...

There wasn't anything humourous about your post though. It just didn't make sense.