Lamb's Wool for Toe Cushioning

Lambswool is a great way to cushion crooked hammertoes. Whether it be painful toe corns, an irritation between toes, shoes rubbing on toe knuckles or excessive sweating between digits.

Lambswool is an overlooked medical treatment for these conditions. It used to be the go to medical treatment for painful hammertoes. It is inexpensive, ease of use, natural and allows air to flow to the skin. Recently, gel or foam padding is more popular. Unfortunately, the adhesive may irritate the skin and may cause sores. Also, these newer treatment options do not allow air to flow to the skin.

Lamb's wool is a soft, comfortable material. They come in strands that can be easily pulled off of the amount you need to wrap a toe. Not all lambswool is the same. Atlas Biomechanics' lamb's wool is manufactured for medical grade usage. Imperfections are removed.

To properly cushion one crooked hammertoe with lambswool just pull off a small strand. Wrap around the area that needs to be cushioned, especially the toe knuckle. Carefully roll on your sock of stocking. Do not use too much. If you use too much, it can be bulky in the shoe. Usually, with lambswool, less is more.

An example of how Lamb's Wool can help with toe corn pain is a physician who told us about his patient. She was a 82 year old who have numerous contracted toes. She could not wear normal shoe gear without pain. Her skin was thin and easily irritated. Her physician would trim her corns and apply an adhesive felt corn pad. After several treatment sessions, her knuckles where the corns were located became red and irritated.  The physician then started using Atlas Biomechanics medical grade lamb's wool. The irritation and redness started to go away after three days. The patient to this day, she continues to use lambswool without any difficulties. 

Lamb's wool is a good way to cushion toes.

Teri Green
Atlas Biomechanics