Playing fields baked hard by the late summer sun can place the foot at significant injury risk in the return to training and competitive sports in late August and September.
Hyperextension injuries, or forced upward movement of the big toe metatarso-phalangeal joint can lead to a variety of injuries which have broadly been called a turf toe as Mr Michael Oddy, ISEH Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon reports.