 And the development of hammer toes can actually put a lot of pressure on the ball of your foot because the toes curl up and push down on the bones below them. And you get this sort of pain on the ball of your foot. And those are your metatarsal heads. So they're all connected. But one of the exercises that I like to use for that is I like to strengthen your intrinsic muscles. So there are two sets of muscles that control your toes.