I went to the Podiatrist as my Dr told me I have hammer toes so I freaked out and now freaking out even more. The Podiatrist said I have significant misaligned joints - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?

I have to go back for treatment but he didn't say what that is or why I have it?
Could it be due to the scary three letter word - or MS, or diabetes?
He said it's not caused by anything like cancer or tumours etc but this is the first time I've had something wrong with me - does anyone else have misaligned joints?!