Comforting Footwear

If you have a penchant for wearing high heels, cowboy boots or other pointy-toed shoes that tend to force your foot forward, you are setting yourself up for bunions. These bony projections on the inner side of the foot at the big toe joint form when the bones of that joint are shifted out of […]

If you have a bunion, you may be longing for a way to be free of that burdensome bump on the side of your foot. Bunions are unsightly, and they may or may not be painful. Bunion surgery is an option for some people, and it can correct damage, relieve pain and improve the appearance […]

If the base of your great toe becomes painfully swollen, you may have a bunion (aka: Hallux valgus). If the tissue or bone of the largest big toe joint becomes displaced, a bunion is likely to form. This displacement may be caused by pressure and/or uneven gait which forces the big toe toward the other […]

A bunion is a deformity of the great toe joint. Bunions are often caused by poorly fitted shoes. Shoes that constrict the toes and push them out of alignment (i.e. high heels and/or shoes with pointed toes) are the main culprits. Misalignment of the big toe causes inflammation and irritation in the soft tissues that […]

Not many people put a lot of thought into getting shoes that are made specifically to comply with their individual foot condition. The average person will probably not even bother examining his feet and end up with a pair that he is sure to regret at some point or the other in life. The importance […]