Bunions!

what2do

Hi all,

Not sure if this is exactly the correct place for this post however seeing as it is mostly women who suffer from them I thought this would be a good place to start!

Mine have recently started to pain me a lot and I'm looking for some home remedies - trying to stay away from surgery. I know the obvious one of not wearing high heels but I'm small and sometimes they just make the outfit! Last Sat I was at a wedding and my feet are still sore

Thanks!

Neyite

Bunions are essentially deformed or misaligned bone arent they? I doubt very much that a home remedy will do much to fix the problem, the only non-surgical way to ease your pain is to stop wearing shoes that aggravate the pain.

Cerulean Chicken

Neyite wrote: »

Bunions are essentially deformed or misaligned bone arent they? I doubt very much that a home remedy will do much to fix the problem, the only non-surgical way to ease your pain is to stop wearing shoes that aggravate the pain.

Yep.

Aoife9

Neyite wrote: »

Bunions are essentially deformed or misaligned bone arent they? I doubt very much that a home remedy will do much to fix the problem, the only non-surgical way to ease your pain is to stop wearing shoes that aggravate the pain.

This is all perfectly true! I have developed a painful bunion on my foot and I know my feet will hurt if I wear certain shoes, I can't won't give up my high heels completely but I find the very pointy ones without the platform kill me!:( so I generally get away with peep-toe platform high heels or ones with a rounder toe and or straps that keep the foot in place, I know they will hurt after a night on the town but I'm short and don't feel dressed up when I'm in flats so I have to get on with it!

what2do

Aoife9 wrote: »

This is all perfectly true! I have developed a painful bunion on my foot and I know my feet will hurt if I wear certain shoes, I can't won't give up my high heels completely but I find the very pointy ones without the platform kill me!:( so I generally get away with peep-toe platform high heels or ones with a rounder toe and or straps that keep the foot in place, I know they will hurt after a night on the town but I'm short and don't feel dressed up when I'm in flats so I have to get on with it!

And this is your sister talking - I'll have to shop more sensibly and hope that some genius comes up with a quick fix!

Cerulean Chicken

My mother has a bunion and it is very painful and very awkward for buying shoes, from wearing badly fitting court shoes in her twenties, hers didn't even develop til her late 30's so if you have them in 20's/early 30's you need to lessen any more damage. Her shoe choices are now very limited, basically only soft leather that will have a bit of give for the bunion, but won't look so out of shape that the left shoe will look different to the right. She has to wear mainly open toed, because closed toes crush her toes/bunion, only in deepest winter does she resort to boots, and then the bunion acts up after a few hours, so she can't walk very far (she's only 53). Her only option is surgery, which takes weeks and weeks to recover from with limited mobility in that time, and you still need comfy shoes forever after.

Think very carefully and a bit more long term the next time you shove a bunion into tight heels to make an outfit or give more height, is it worth the years of pain that will follow.

Edit: There is no quick fix, it's deformed bone, how could there be a quick fix to that?

what2do

Mine are hereditery, I've had them since early teens and I'm now in my mid 30s so realistically they will get worse. They developed even after all the money my parents spent on sensible clark shoes and now thats what I'm back wearing:(

Sorry OP but looking for home remedies for bone deformities would fall under medical advice and therefore against the rules.

Speak to your GP who should be able to give you the best advice