Bunions (Foot Deformity) | Types (& Bunionettes), Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Bunions (Foot Deformity) | Types (& Bunionettes), Causes & Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Bunions are a very common foot deformity. They can be caused by a variety of factors, including genetic predisposition, tight-fitting footwear, obesity, and other foot anatomical abnormalities (ex. Flat footedness). In this lesson, we discuss the causes and risk factors in more detail, along with the different types of bunions (including bunionettes), signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

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[vernonprevatt-usmc]

This was very helpful. Most females in my family have bunions and several are at the age where surgery is required. Would love to see another video on surgical methods and techniques!

[Unsensitive]

I'm now wearing zero drop minimalist shoes. They also have a larger toe box, with room to spread and stretch the forefoot, similar to barefoot walking.

[shawnaford]

Family history of bunions. With hyper mobile joints, and now as a senior starting to ‘pop’. So getting close to moderate.

[eb]

Is there anything permanent to be done for acromegaly that is targeting the bones, of the feet

[margaretcorfield]

Had problems with bunions since I was 14. Prior to that I wore orthopaedic shoes. I don't know when I first started wearing those. I can't remember not wearing them. I was discharged from the hospital at 14, and shortly afterwards my bunions began to appear. Because of these I have always preferred to be barefoot, and have never worn high heels ( I always go for totally flat shoes), and could certainly never wear tight shoes. No one else in my family, other than my grandmother, who had rheumatoid arthritis, has ever had them.
By the time I was 30 I already had severe bunions, my toes ( no's 2+3) are hammer toes, and my big toes already then lay horizontally over them. Both feet are the same. I have always had a lot of corns, where the toes rub each other, and my second and 3rd toes are now (at 75) pretty much completely numb. Nerve damage due to pressure from the big toes.

It doesn't say much for the health service in England, that I have consistently been seeing various doctors for the pain in both feet. The only treatment I have ever received is orthotics. They resulted in stress fractures in both my little toes, after about 200 metres walking the very first (and only) time I wore them.

When I then complained ( in my late 50s) about constant pain when standing or walking, I was advised to get a mobility scooter, or a wheelchair, and discharged from orthopaedics. Since then I have also developed type 1 bunionettes on both feet, nerve pain has resolved into numbness in the toes, and I now take copious amounts of pain medication in order to be mobile for a while.

I also have joint deformities in my fingers which have slowly developed over the years. It started in my mid 20s, but I have always played piano, and so as soon as the pain and swelling started, I ramped up the playing of exercises designed for agility in the hands. I could never play fast, but my fingers, unlike my toes, are at least still mobile, even if they are wonky looking.

I was at some point tested for rheumatoid arthritis, but I came up as ANA negative, so this has to be something else. I am not hyper mobile either. So there never was any treatment for me, and now there is no longer any point. I have arthritis everywhere in my body, including knees, hips and spine, so fixing my feet is not going to help me walk any better. I do still walk though!

[corinthians-]

When it gets painful 24/7, surgery is the only effective treatment. I had on both feet and had both fixed, two separate surgeries and two techniques. Best surgeries I ever had.

[dreamscomingtrue]

I will cut my foot off if it does this to me

[marycoleman]

I got mine taken care of before they get that bad

[kelleywyskiel]

I have bunions in bath feeds and both sides of each foot as well as a hard painful bony bump on the outside of one foot.
So I’m in pain 24/7.
It has ruined my damn life and everything I love to do just makes me cry now.

[EconomistVeiw]

Hi, Sir I Have an extra Bone with my knee for the past 10 years, But now I feel weakness in my leg and Sometimes pain . sir Can You make A Video Or Any kind Of Info that You can Provide me They Is It Better to Remove it or not And Is it risky or not 😊 I hope you will Give me An honest advice

[Mythichealth]

I don't think people really do well with surgery not as well as you think- recurrence rate is very high. Lapidus type surgery seem to be the most successful