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Terrie T.
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Oct. 2004
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Oct. 19 2004,21:40 |
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I cannot wear shoes comfortably at all. The bone of my foot located underneath my pinkie toe is protruding, and is extremely painful.
What can I do to help this? What are possible causes of this?
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Dr Foot
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Oct. 20 2004,10:41 |
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You need to visit a chiropodist. If I understand correctly you have a plantar flexed 5th Metatarsal ("The bone of my foot located underneath my pinkie toe is protruding"). The cause may be biomechanical, trauma or a genetic condition. Conservative treatment consists of padding, insoles and there is also scope for surgical intervention.
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Terrie T.
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Oct. 2004
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Oct. 22 2004,22:04 |
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I'm sorry, I made a mistake.
I mentioned that the bone was underneath my pinkie toe; the bone is actually protruding on the side of my foot below the pinkie toe.
Sorry for the mix-up.
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Dr Foot
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Oct. 25 2004,10:27 |
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Oh! sounds like a taylors bunion
It is located on the opposite side of the foot where bunions normally appear, around the little toe joint, and emerges as something of a smaller bump, then the regular bunion.
In its early stages, the measures for relieving bunion pain at home are relatively uncomplicated. Warm water foot soaks may bring considerable, although transitory relief, as does cutting shoes out over the bunion.
If conservative measures do not relieve the pain and deformity, it may be time to refer your bunion problem to your podiatrist. Please do not assume foot surgery is automatically needed to treat bunion problems. In fact foot surgery for bunions should always be a last resort. There are many ways to treat them without surgery.
Such treatments as Physical Therapy, Orthotics, padding and strapping, medications and latex shield have proven to be some of the highly successful non-surgical treatments used in Foot Clinics to treat bunions. If foot surgery is needed, it is performed using minimal incision techniques.
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