@ray666 My wife has that problem and I started working with her feet and toes. Before I started I have her soak them 20 min in hot water, Apple cider vingar and Epson salts. this tends to loosem them up little to a little allow a little more flexibility in moving and bending them, flexing the foot and toe as all muscels have to be lossen. Working the toe back and forth and side to side. I found that if you work a part of the body that is stiff and not bendiing or flatting them out by flexing the joint, spreading apart into the proper position I didn't get them streighten out but gave the more flexibility slowly working you can expand the movement trying to them back into the Norman position very slowly. But you have to be very care full not to use to much pressure as the bones in older people are very brittle and you will break them very easy. after about three weeks working on her toes 20 min each tine. They were seperated some and she was able to move the toe' s easier. They still wasn't streight but doing better at becoming that way. after each session I would them hold the streight streight for 15 Min to get to start getting used to that position. We were never able to get them streight, but it the seperating and flexing her toes did improve move ment of the toes and gave better balance. The feet is like anyother part of the body if you don't use it because of a little pain it will quit working. I' not a doctor or physical therapist but been around a few, Good luck my friend.