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Common
Foot Conditions
Bunions
Treatment
- Wear wide
fitting shoes, preferably with a leather upper which will allow
a stretch
- Avoid high
heeled shoes.
- Bunion
exercises will help to keep the joint flexible, click here to
view recommended exercises .
- Bunion
surgery may be required in some patients, however this should
only be considered when all non-surgical treatment options have
been used. Bunion surgery has improved dramatically over the
last 20 years but it still cannot guarantee a total recovery
and often post operative complications such as calluses and
corns can occur depending on the procedure used. Click here
to view the different types of procedures available.
- If your
bunion becomes painful, red and swollen, try using ice on the
joint and elevate the foot on a stool.
- Apply
a commercial bunion pad, making sure it is not too rigid or
medicated.
- Orthotics
can help slow the progression of the bunion and also treat the
associated symptoms, view the Dr Foot Work Insoles
- Bunion
Night Splints can reduce the size of the bunion. This will straighten
the bunion while you sleep.
- A Bunion
Shield can reduce the pain over the bunion.
- Apply a
moisturizer such as flexitol heel balm twice daily to hard skin
or corns and use a pumice stone to reduce the thickness of the
hard skin.
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