How Important Is Your Big Toe?

It might be humorous or unglamorous to discuss this overlooked body part, but how important is your big toe? Besides being essential to athletic performance, the big toe (or great toe) helps maintain balance. This toe differs from the others. For starters, your big toe has two bones while the other toes have three.

On a physical level the big toe holds the reflexes of the head, brain, pituitary, hypothalamus and pineal glands while the neck of the big toe holds the reflexes of the neck, throat and cervical spine.  Your entire head is represented in your two big toes, so apply pressure to them to relieve headache tension. Below is a Reflexology map of the big toe and the reflex points they reflect:

The big toe is often referred to as the thinking toe and can also represent your ideas, beliefs and self-esteem. It also represents your personal will and how you follow through on what you want, what you are interested in, and how are you are responding to yourself.

How Important Is Your Big Toe For Character Trait Prediction?

If your big toe is much longer than your other toes, you’re a clever, creative thinker. You come up with ingenious solutions to problems. You’re never stumped for an answer, and can see things from different angles. On the other hand, you may have problems focusing, and sometimes don’t see projects through.

Alternatively, if your big toe is comparatively small, this indicates that you are a superb multi-tasker. You delegate effectively and efficiently. You use your charm to persuade people to go along with your ideas.

So the next time you have a headache, muscle tension in the neck, a sore throat or your mind is racing at a hundred miles an hour, try massaging your big toe.