Bunion Splints and Correctors: Are They Worth It? [Doctor Review]

do you want to go from this type of looking foot  to this type of looking foot without surgery well   first you have to understand what a bunion is but  a big bump like this is a bunion bump gone is not   a bunion so here's what a bunion is right here  a pretty big looking bunny and here's smaller   bunions but here's what a bunion is it's not  extra bone growth it's not a broken chunk of   bone it's a dislocation of the bone if you drew  a line straight up the bone it should connect   straight up this toe but you can see that's not  happening here so realistically these two lines   should be close to parallel or about ten degrees  or less but in this case they're not this is about   20 degrees in between here and that's how you  get a bunion so it's different than extra bone   growth that's something called hallux rigidus  that can happen from a broken toe or jamming so   you see this spur right here that's a little bit  different so this is about as severe as a bunion   gets you can see it's completely dislocating  out of the joint and sometimes people get this   this is a lot of factors lots of walking lots of  flexibility poor shirt shoe choices throughout   your life or poor shoes so this type of stuff does  not work you could be in a nursing home and lay in   bed and not move and wear these for two straight  years and they would gradually start to pop back   because that's your bone structure and it's not  meant to handle your entire body weight taking   steps especially if you're looking over 150 200  or even 300 pounds so these splints ideally the   idea is as it holds you this happens but as soon  as you start walking the stability is just not   there to handle your body weight so these have  been studied hundreds of times there's zero proof   that these work long-term so the next thing  is that this does work if your pain is simply   tenderness and rubbing this can fix the problem  simply wearing gel pads different types there's   a thousand on the market these could make your  money and feel better and hold it while you're   walking the shoe so if you don't want surgery this  is a great option but there's different types of   surgery doesn't mean you have to be in a cast for  six months there is minimally invasive with minor   incisions where you're back in your shoe within a  couple weeks and then this is the type of result   you can get but this is for the smaller bunions  like this as you start to get bigger as you can   see this bunion you're gonna need something  bigger you can see there's plates there's pins   going in that could be a few weak recovery to  a month or to recovery until you're back at it   so bigger surgeries are for bigger bunions lesser  surgeries are for smaller bunions so the real key   is if you have a foot that's really deformed  you're gonna need something bigger and your   healing time might be one to two months rather  than that two week back in the shoe period so   then you're looking at a boot or a shoe for some  of the lesser surgeries for the bigger surgery I   always prefer the cast and because you invest this  once in your life and then it's fixed that's all   you ideally need if it's done right so then the  key is wearing good shoes good inserts that's how   you keep this away long term so don't fall for  the hype of the expense of braces online do it   the right way good biomechanics good inserts  and correction if you need it if this helped   you at all please visit our website where you  can get even more information and if this video   did help give it a like and a share and we'll  see you soon this is Michigan foot doctors calm

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Length: 3min 46sec (226 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 17 2018