Bending big toe causing gout attack ?

Hi alw,

I think it could definitly be a potential potent trigger for you as well. I have a similar problem when doing ground MMA training to pass guard. Excessive bending the toe triggers an attack in me.

If you have time, check out my own personal findings in the "Intense excercise training and gout" post. Good luck mate.

It could definitely be a trigger. The physical stress could cause a rupture of the coating on preexisting urate crystals in the joint so that your immune system senses their presence and reacts in a way that causes the pain and inflammation of gout. Part of the reaction is to recoat the urate crystals so that the immune system no longer detects their presence, thereby limiting the duration of the gout attack.