Things
like bunions, blisters, plantar fasciitis, and nerve damage are all caused by modern day footwear.
This often occurs in conjunction with other toe problems,
like bunions or corns on top of the bent toe where it rubs against your shoe.
Much
like the bunion guards Dr. Brenner loves, these bunion «sleeves» come with a squishy gel pad that sits right against the big toe joint, protecting bunions from rubbing up against uncomfy shoe uppers.
Not exact matches
Foot pads are designed to treat problems
like plantar faciitis,
bunions, and calluses by evenly transferring pressure across the entire foot.
Years of pointy shoes with cramped toe boxes or shifting your weight forward onto the balls of your feet in high heels can lead to
bunions (a painful bump on the side of the big toe joint that drives the big toe inward), hammer toes (a claw -
like toe deformity), and Morton's neuromas (nerve swelling, often at the base of the third and fourth toes).
You probably already know what
bunions look
like — but what's actually behind these painful, bony bumps that can appear on the side of big toe joints?
Neuromas mostly occur in women who wear high heels, says Dr. Sutera, though they can also develop as a result of injury, repetitive stress, or foot abnormalities
like hammertoes,
bunions, flat feet, and high arches.
This means lower chances of developing conditions
like swollen feet or
bunions.
Some ladies have on their highest heels 24/7 (I watched a video about
bunions the other day, and it was terrifying — hence the Converse), and although I am not one of them, I still
like to look nice and put together when I step out of the house.
This is what my foot looked
like last July, one day after my
bunion surgery.