Turf toe – more than meets the eye?

Injury ⋅ January 9, 2019

Recently, two of our Bartold Clinical members, almost simultaneously requested an update on this most troubling of injuries. It is especially a problem in the Rugby codes and American Football. Let’s take a look. In 1976, Bowers and Martin coined the term “turf toe” to describe an increasingly prevalent injury to the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint in athletes…

Simon Bartold
Director of Bartold Clinical