TAILOR BUNION SURGERY CAN BE AVOIDED WITH PROPER OFF-LOADING

"When you have a tailor's bunion, you can have undue pressure in that area and need to be concerned about excessive pressure," says Ami Sheth, DPM, a podiatric physician and surgeon at Foot and Ankle Associates in Los Gatos, California. "You need to be especially careful since you may not recognize when a shoe is too tight or rubbing on that area." That's a problem because scrapes or sores that go unnoticed and untreated can worsen. And foot wounds are harder to heal in people with diabetes, which means they can spiral out of control.

 

Dr. Ami Sheth

 

Surgical removal of a tailor's bunion is rarely necessary when you stabilize the outer side of the foot and take weight off the toe joint, Dr. Sheth says. Bunion surgery is typically only necessary when pain is unbearable or to correct the deformity to improve bone alignment.

 

Source: Lisa Marie Conklin, The Healthy [5/6/21]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News