By
eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Recognize the signs of a bunion: red skin over the joint, pain in the joint area and an inward turning of the big toe.
Step2
Throw away all the shoes you own that don't look like the shape of a human foot.
Step3
Wear shoes with lots of toe room. You should be able to wiggle your toes freely enough to play the piano with them.
Step4
Push in the top of your shoe above your toes. The leather should dimple under your finger, indicating that there's plenty of room between your toes and the end of the shoe.
Step5
Go barefoot around the house whenever possible. This keeps pressure off of your toes.
Step6
Wear open-toed sandals in warm weather to give your toes room to wiggle.
Step7
Avoid high heels. Try not to wear heels higher than 2 1/4 inches.
Comments
Tumerica said
on 7/18/2008 Sounds good by common sense, but too bad none of it is true. Bunions are not a product of tight shoes or high heels--that's a common misconception:
Bunions are most often caused by an inherited faulty mechanical structure of the foot. It is not the bunion itself that is inherited, but certain foot types that make a person prone to developing a bunion.
peterpan56 said
on 5/10/2008 All good advice except it is better not to where heals at all. 2 1/4 heals are way to high a heal to wear to prevent bunions.
http://health-pictures.com/bunion-picture.htm
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Never wear anything but flip flops in winter, wear them with socks.