In some cases you just need to do what you need to do. If you have a bunion the advice that health professionals are likely to give you is really going to be to ensure that your shoes are of an ample breadth in the forefoot so as not to push on the bunion or push the big toe over more. You will probably get some guidance on several physical exercises that you might carry out to help in keeping the toe mobile and flexible. You will be presented some education concerning the cause of the bunion being a mixture of inherited genes and inadequate fitting footwear and the significance of having the appropriate footwear to get a improved long lasting final result. You may possibly even get admonished at a subsequent visit if you aren't taking the advice. You may also have a discussion a variety of kinds of pads you can use to relieve force over the bunion and other ones which you can have on in your footwear to make them more comfortable should they be painful. You will likely have a discussion regarding the operative alternatives for bunions and the way different surgical methods can be carried out and just what would be the recovery time following bunion surgery.
However sometimes (or maybe frequently) you can find yourself in a position in which you really have to wear or use the shoes that you have been advised are not suitable for your feet, or even worse, you will need to put on tight fitting shoes for some kind of special event. The world won't stop should you choose to do that occasionally, but it is likely to be an issue for the bunion should you choose to do it a great deal. What can you do if you find yourself in that situation and want something to get you through to protect the foot and maybe even avoid future concerns? There are some alternate options that maybe you might want to try to help you cope with the very short term use of the inappropriate footwear. One of those items that we often recommend people to use will be the Bunion Assassin or similar devices. The Bunion Assassin is a 'sock' that goes about the front foot and between your first and second toes. Between the toes the device incorporates a silicone pad which applies a light separation between the toes to place them in a much more proper place. Furthermore, it has some rubber padding that goes over the bunion to cushion the bunion coming from shoe stress making it less painful. The Bunion Assassin is not likely to fix your bunion, it is on the other hand, will make the bunion less painful and possibly help to make those shoes that you really shouldn't be using a lot more endurable. In addition, should you choose to wind up dressed in these inappropriate footwear really occasionally, you could consider the bunion corrector night splint that could go some way to repairing a portion of the damage that the shoe may have done. Furthermore following a evening out with these wrong footwear you know you ought not be wearing, carry out some exercises to mobilise the joint.
