Resolving Bunion Pain
by ifoundmydoctor
Louisa Lunt
“My feet had been slowly getting worse over the past ten years,” shares Louisa Lunt, “and it finally was at the point where no shoes were comfortable anymore.”
Louisa’s problem? Bunions.
“The bunions on both my feet had gotten so large that they were making my toes go at an angle,” she explains. “It was bad.”
A bunion results when a patient’s gait flattens the arch of the foot, causing the foot to roll and weakening the tendon that stabilizes the great toe. As the bunion develops, it causes a misalignment of the joints of the great toe. This results in unequal distribution of pressure on the foot when walking. Eventually, the area becomes painful and arthritis may develop.
Such was the case for Louisa.
“The bunion was on the side of the big toe, and it was the same on both feet,” she says. “On the second toe over, I had a hammertoe on each foot.”
