Surgical procedures for hallux rigidus include: Cheilectomy (kie-LEK-toe-me): A cheilectomy gives your toe more room to bend. Your surgeon will shave down any bone spurs or growths on your MTP joint to relieve pain and help your joint move better. Osteotomy: Your surgeon will cut your toe bones to realign or shorten your affected big toe.

Two of the recommend procedures are cheilectomy (kye-LEK-tuh-me) and joint fusion (arthrodesis). During cheilectomy, the surgeon removes bone spurs and other bony material from the MTP joint through an incision along the top of the joint. Sometimes a cut (osteotomy) is made in the big toe bone to improve the toe's upward movement.

Surgery is often an option to relieve hallux rigidus. A surgeon removes the arthritic damage and any bone spurs in the big toe so they may function normally. Depending on the severity of the condition, joint fusion or joint replacement also may be options.

Nonoperative treatments include stiff shoes with wide toe box, orthotics (carbon fiber insert), NSAIDs, and cortisone injection. Surgical Treatment Without response to nonoperative measures surgery is considered. Surgical options range from cheilectomy (cleaning of the joint) to fusion of the joint.