TORONTO BUNION

AT OUR FOOT CLINIC WE TREAT MANY PATIENTS WHO HAVE BUNIONS AND HAVE ALWAYS RECEIVED EXCELLENT RESULTS. THE VAST MAJORITY DO NOT REQUIRE SURGERY (LESS THAN 1%).  A BUNION ALSO KNOWN AS HALUX VALGUS IS A DEFORMITY CHARACTERIZED BY A LATERAL DEVIATION OF THE GREAT TOE.  THE MAIN CAUSE FOR THIS CONDITION IS GENETIC, ALTHOUGH TIGHT POINTY SHOES AND HIGH HEELS CAN AGGRAVATE AND HASTEN THE COURSE OF THIS DEFORMITY.  

THE BUMP ITSELF IS DUE TO A SWOLLEN BURSAL SAC AND/OR A BONY ANOLOMY ON THE MESOPHALANGEAL JOINT.  AT MY FOOT CLINIC WE TREAT THE CONDITION WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE BY USING PHYSIOTHERAPY, ICE, REST, ORTHOTICS AND INSTRUCTING THE PATIENT IN THE PROPER CHOICE OF FOOTWEAR.  WE WOULD NEVER LET A NON-SYMPTOMATIC PATIENT CHOOSE SURGERY FOR COSMETIC REASONS.  MANY TIMES YOU END UP WITH A FOOT THAT LOOKS NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE SCAR, BUT NOW THE PATIENT IS IN PAIN.  OUR CLINIC ALWAYS CHOOSES FUNCTION OVER LOOKS.  IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING FROM A FOOT CONDITION SUCH AS BUNIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT TO RECEIVE HONEST, COMPETENT CARE AT 416-465-8737.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.