About the same time, Cotterill first used the term " hallux rigidus ".
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For example, a person with a hallux rigidus ( stiff big toe ) may use a rocker bottom shoe to replace the flexion lost at the metatarsal joint.
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It is a common site of pathology in podiatry, and is the anatomic region involved in such conditions as hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, and Morton's neuroma, among others.