How to Fix & Prevent Bunions Without Surgery!
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In this episode, Farnham's leading over-50's physiotherapist, Will Harlow, reveals 7 tips to fix & prevent bunions!
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Back in the late 70s, I had developed bunions on each foot after wearing pointy shoes to work. I saw an orthopedic guy, and he gave me a “prescription” to take to a shoe repair person, in order to install a metatarsal bar across the sole (on the bottom) of my favorite shoes. It was magic. That bar spreads those joints where the toes meet the foot across the whole foot and immediately straightens the toes. The bar just needs to follow that line of joints, is about 1.5-2 inches wide and only about 1/8th of an inch thick. It cured mine very quickly and my feet felt so good wearing the shoes. Now I only wear Birkenstocks and have never had recurring problems. Hope that helps someone!!
You are the best! Video is helpful. Thank you, Will.
Very good suggestion
Thank you. Too late for me, but I at least don't need surgery, just have major issues with blisters.
can you explain this bar thing. im interested.
I've had bunion surgery on both feet but now one of them has developed a new one. This was so helpful because I don't want to go through that again, at 80 years old.
Will, you are so generous with the over 50s!!!! All your videos are a useful help for us!!!!!
More than happy to help!
@HT-Physio truly Impressed by the kindness inside you. 👍🙋
Thank you so much I’m definitely going to give all of your advice a shot ❤
Thank you so much for your advice!!!
My bunions were caused by wearing high heels everyday for 10 years working in a bank in the 90s when we weren't allowed chairs and had to stand all day.
Lots of great advice for bunions. Thanks for taking the time to be so comprehensive. Physiotherapists are so much more attentive. A tremendous amount more helpful information than my podiatrist offered. They just have the 10 minutes to look at your foot and provided the standard, protocol approved response that requires the least amount of dismissive effort.
Time is definitely always restricted - so I'm glad I am able to reach lots of people through my channel!
Your videos are so informative and helpful. You are providing an excellent service. Don't ever stop.
I was born a club foot, left worse than the right. I went through the casts and braces as a baby, but babies grow up. Everyone thinks my feet are "fixed". They actually are just re-arranged. I wish I would have had these exercises 45 years ago. I did them as you explained them and could feel the pull. It was a good pull. I won't over do. I am going to try to strengthen my feet. Thank you so much!
I am a fitness and Orthopedic rehabilitation trainer and I love your videos.
Refreshes my memory in all that I’ve learned and I also always learn something new.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank You. My Dad has a Bunion and he cannot have anymore surgery. This Video will really help me.
Great video!! I’ve healed my herniated discs from your videos, now it’s time to heal my husband’s bunions. 😃
From all the videos I ve seen so far about bunions, yours was the most easy to comprehend and follow through out. The information on the hip and toe relationship has been so revealing and now everything concerning bunions makes sense to me. Thank you for being thorough and at the same time easy to listen to, concentrating only on the important things. Thank you for the exercises, just did them and I can feel a difference straight away.
Thank you for this help. Very grateful. I didn’t think there was anything to be done!
Will, thanks for sharing these great tips to prevent or improve bunions. Your instructions are very clear and concise. I just found your website so I will keep in touch with my progress.
Your tips are so valuable and are really helping me 🙂
We really have to thank you for these easy, really effective exercices. Admiration for generously sharing your expert knowkedge.
Very helpful all the time and thank you
You are a great teacher.
THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION IN DEALING WITH BUNIONS. I HAVE HAD A BUNION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT'S IRONIC THAT MUCH OF THE INFORMATION AND EXAMPLES HE SHARED, I INSTINCTIVELY TRIED AT HOME, BUT THE EXERCISES ARE NEW TO ME AND I WILL BE TRYING THOSE NOW AS WELL!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATIVE, NO- NONSENSE PRESENTATION!!
I've had 3 bunion surgeries, the 1st when I was 29 and it came back! I had the 2nd in 2019 on the same foot before the pandemic along with a torn tibial tendon transfer and hind foot reconstruction in 2 surgeries 8 weeks apart. I had my other bunion on the other foot 13 months ago. The reason I had bunions so young is rheumatoid arthritis and hypermobile joints. I happen to live on private wooded acreage with steep long roads and I love walking here although my walk is considered a hike to most. My feet are much better since my surgeries and it wasn't much fun but I'm doing great now! Thanks for the videos and keep them coming!
Hi, I would like to know if post-surgery is very painful and how long does it take to recover to be able to walk?
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your teaching!
Thank you so much! This is fantastic.
Mine are bad, and I never thought I could do much about them.
I have started with some stretches and spacers, but this video gets to the root. And you make it easy and clear.
You are a gifted teacher. There is not one thing here, that I cant use.
Thank you for this detail. It is remarkable. Much gratitude to you!
Dear Will, you are a mega Star! I have been wearing toe spacers to avoid bunion but these exercices are truly brilliant!
Wishing you all the best!
Love this video! I originally thought the deformed bone was the result of heels, but I realized I only wore wide toed heels, not pointy ones (didn't like the style and my feet were too wide for a pleasing look lol!). A few years ago I began to have issues with my back and started seeing a chiropractor who informed that the left side of my body was weak and while watching your video realized that is the side where the bone protrudes on my foot. He also told me to include the same exercise you suggested (The Clam) to help strengthen my hip. Also, I noticed that my leg does swing inward more.. I never imagined the issues with my hip and weaknesses could cause this issue. I just considered having surgery to correct this issue but now will no longer entertain this option. I am definitely adding your band exercise daily. I have already removed heels (began falling). Thanks again for your generosity!!! Blessings.
Thank you Mr. HT Physio for your videos done for the over 50s. I will practise your recommendations.
You explain things beautifully!
I am in my late sixties. Have been suffering from bunion issue for sometime now. Was recommended to go for surgery without proper explanation or information. Luckily I avoided it. Saw your video at the right time. Very well explained and demonstrated. Will definitely follow the exercises. Thank you.
So happy I found your video!! I see a bunion starting to form on my right foot and just followed along with you with these exercises and already my foot is aligned. I’ll be doing this daily to prevent the bunion!! Thank you 💃💃💃
So glad I found you. Amazing help for a gal over 70. Definitely plan to buy your book. I'll keep watching your videos. Thanks from Canada!!
So pleased my channel has been helpful, that's fantastic to hear! And I hope you find my book interesting if you do choose to purchase it - a lot of time and effort went into it! I hope you have a great weekend :)
Thank you, really informative. Very useful
im 85 and long time ago had both toe bunions surgeried and one has nerve damage and other hurt as bunion grew back. Sounds like your advice to help is very much worth trying. Thank you..
I hope it can be of help!
God willing you are in good health and wellbeing sister ❤️ all the best in resolving those bunions! 😤✊🏽
Thank you Will, That was most helpful. I have just shown it to a colleague who will benefit from your advice.
Thank you! As someone who has recently been diagnosed with bunions, I was not given any exercises to do but told that surgery was really my only option. I’m going to try your exercises before I opt for surgery!
Wishing you all the best!
Surgery often means more problems, so try it, and sketchers are great, I use wide fit... it really makes a difference 🙂
Wow, you make this so understandable, thankyou so much. The clam exercise really opened my eyes as I've had 2 hip replacements on my right hip and could really feel those muscles work.
Than you very much for your wonderful & helpful video! You are a very noble man! God bless you! ❤
This is going to be a game changer for me! Ty! I’m off to buy your book 😍
Thank you so much. You are the best. How wonderful - I live in the U.S. and will purchase your book. Thanks again.
Never thaught about your feet being taken care of is one of the most appendage we should pay more attention to. After all a good, strong foundation helps keep the rest of the body going..you are appreciated..sharing your knowledge is so awesome
Absolutely, they're vital!
These were similar to ones I did at PT which was encouragement to follow you. I did not know that clans can help my feet. Thank you.
Your information, explanations, demonstrations and exercises are very helpful! Thanks for sharing your knowledge in this community.
I'm thankful I have the platform on which to share my work and I'm so pleased people find it useful!
Hello Will, I followed your advice to massage where it gave me pain with some medicated oil. And wore toes spacer all day, including at nights. Amazingly, the throbbing pain went away in a few days!!!
I had bunion surgery on the left foot. Don’t want to go thru surgery again. Took forever to heal my left foot.
Thanks so much for healing video 👍
Great video. I had several issues after hip Ewings in the 80s and dxr, so i think, along with both parents, either having a bunion or hammer toes, which they kindly passed onto me. This contributed to my gate and ankles rolling inwards, and in recent years, many falls. The last one was going over on my ankle while running for a bus and causing a severe tear in my hamstring. Unable to sit long now receiving physio. 😢 Thankfully, with guys like yourself, I can check these exercises to prevent ongoing discomfort..x
Good vid. I've had bunions since a teen (had surgery for it on 1 foot & it grew back). Now, 5 decades later, I sometimes use toe spacers at yoga but my feet are so bad I'm actually on balance :o(
I am 71, female from New Delhi. Faulty footware has given me a big painful bunion on my left toe. Now I can only wear V strap slippers (foot-thongs), which can get pretty uncomfortable in the winters, when closed shoes are needed.
Your video-advice is making a lot of sense and I have saved it to refer to it regularly.
Thanks a lot.
Best wishes from U tube channel 'Everyday Life and Science' Sudipta Ghose
Very clear, well explained and easy to follow. Thanks for your help.
So pleased my video offered some actionable help!
Thank you so much!!! These tips are the best I've heard! I'm struggling with bunions on both feet and plan to do these exercises.
Wishing you all the best!
Wow !!! What you just presented is exactly what I'm facing!! The right foot bunion is from when I worked as a stage performance dancer. I'll be working this thru for sure. Thank You !!!
It s amazing I working on it
I feel its helps so much.Thank you
THANKS DOCTOR ❤ VERY HELPFUL ❤ PLEASE AN ADVISE FOR HAND AND FINGERS ❤
You always have quality and helpful content. Thank you!
Just glad I can help!
Thank you for this information, which I will follow. I love that you explain the body mechanics, the exercises with easy to follow demonstrations , but also direct treatment. I.e., massage and strength. Amazing.
Thank you for your feedback it's good to know my approach works for my audience!
Thank-you so much! Do you have any before/after patient results using these methods to correct a bunion?
Many thanks!!!!
I was told i needed arch support but they caused me more pain. Im currently using a splint at night and just received barefoot shoes! Going to try theses exercises as well! Thank you for the information. It makes so much more sense.
Amazing. Thank you.
Very helpful, Will. I have that very problem, and I now understand how it's caused and what I can do minimize it. Thank you.
Happy to help!
Lots of helpful info. Can I do the resistance band exercise when I have a meniscus injury please.
I just want to say thank you for making your videos so easy to follow and completely understand without having anything hurt I'm getting results
Thank you.
I'll try these exercises, especially the last two make a lot of sense. Thank you. I have a bunion on one foot. Not severe, doesn't hurt, but it bothers me because I've known it means something's wrong, but didn't know exactly what or what to do about it. Tried 2 different types of toe spacers and they did nothing. Makes much more sense to address the actual problems that's caused it, which surgery wouldn't do anyway. In my case I believe the original cause was habitually pressing down on the accelerator pedal with my big toe whenever I drive. Stopped doing that, but that's not enough to reverse the problem. I'm hopeful these exercises will. Excellent video. I've subscribed.
Excellent video!!!
Thank you!
Brilliant advice as always Will.
Thank you!
Thank you for the great advice it’s not too complicated and simple. I had knee surgery. I’ve had a lot of these complications and I’m so glad that I can try something that will prevent me from having another bunion surgery or help me recover from my knee and ankle issues.
I hope my video proves beneficial - wishing you all the best :)
Great video Will
I don't have bunions but have peripheral neuropathy in my feet. These exercises will really help ❤
Wishing you all the best!
Thank you! You have helped me so much with your videos! ?????Question… My little toe on each foot has recently pulled in and us even crossing over the toe beside it. And while I can curl my toes fine, when I spread them apart the little toes will not move at all!! There is no pain. I’m 64 years old and have always had good movement in all my toes before! Can you tell me what this could be? Thanks.
I have been doing these and other similar exercises, and by working on them over time, my big toe is much straighter! Barefoot shoes are not necessary, but strengthening these different muscles is important.
Keep up the great work!
Thank u
Excellent advice. Thank you. 🖐😁
Great tests. You are excellent. I am 62 years and you have motivated me a lot.
That's great to hear!
Thanks for help
Thank you so much for this vital information ❤
Pleased I'm able to share my work!
With shoes I also think it's so important to have them stay wide out at the toes. Those Nikes are wide across the ball alright, but then taper in on the toes. In movements when the foot is pressed against the inside edge or into the toe, there will be those outward-bending forces on the big toe that you don't want.
I really appreciated the clear explanation & visual location of those particular foot muscles to address.
Those shoes are hard to find though aren't they!
@@susyg2974 Not too hard these days :~) There are many brands making good, natural-function-friendly shoes. Three I have experience with and can happily suggest are Splay!, Vivobarefoot, and Altra.
But if you're referring to in actual stores, yes, that's true!
I have found a sports shoe called Altra and their toe boxes are foot shape. Alton Sports In Farnham have a good range of them
@@pennywebster2358 Yes, I had a good experience with some Altra trail runners.
@@pennywebster2358 thank you for the tip. I'll take a look!
Amazing explanations! Thank you!
Very happy to help!
Hi Will, came across you by accident, it was your video on bunions that caught my eye as have one. So glad I did. Learnt so much from you already. Watched a couple of your videos so far, thank you for doing them. I am now subscribed.
Thank you for subscribing - I'm so pleased my video was helpful!
Thank you so much!! Now I have a plan ! Brilliant!! I have a bunion developing on my foot that turns inward ...I never thought of being able perhaps to fix the turn in foot ( it's only slight) let alone my bunion!
Thanks again, so kind ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this video. I have been having trouble with a bunion so right on time.
So pleased my video came at the right time!
Great tips. I have a light bunion but my problem is bunionettes (tailor’s bunions). I’d love you to consider a video for those. Thanks!
Same here! Have you found anything?
Yes, please! Tailor’s bunion video!! I’m nearly crippled from them!🙏
🙏thank you so much for very important info ❤
Thank you so much,I reay needed to hear this
Happy I could help!
Building strength in the arch and intrinsic foot muscles also good. Exercises like the short foot, long flat toe, toe flexor work and calf raises. Low drop foot-shaped shoes to strengthen Achilles tendon. Even most running shoes aren’t foot-shaped at the toe box. I’d choose Altra over Nike. Surprised at the recommendation for Sketchers - encountered a lot of patients with plantar fasciitis from wearing those due to the too squishy sole. Also good for toe gentle toe separation are wearing toe socks.
Exactly what I need right now - excellent video - but - the glute weakness is causing a LOT of pain and stiffness in my right thigh - roll this exercise help with this?
I’ve completely fixed my bunions naturally!!! Everyday I would lay down place my heel just under the bunion/big toe and would use my heel of the opposite foot to push upwards to pop the joint I would do it multiple times a day and make sure to stretch my feet really good my feet are completely healthy and normal now my feet looks smaller now and more dainty lol I’m a women and my bunions were making me unhappy for a while the feeling of cracking that joint felt so good now that my feet are normal I can’t even pop the joint anymore 😂 good luck everyone
Can you make a video how to do that?
Can you tell us exactly what to do
Thank you so much! This was an amazing treatment to share.
So pleased I am able to share my work!
This video is the best explanation about how to fix bunions I’ve seen so far. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Fantastic Thank you so much You are so so good Big thank You for helping people help themselves .
My pleasure, I'm pleased my work can be of help!
While I don't have bunions, I do have foot sweliing. I have been the massaging the areas you have outlined in this video and somehow it has helped - even though my issue is different. Thanks!
More than happy to help!
Thank you!
I have had operation on both bunions years back, but the right one is now back (gradualky of course) and my big toe is more inwards, my hip has been troubling me for years and my feet are both sagging to the inside... exactly as you've shown!
I will start these massages and exercises definitely, thank you!
Wishing you all the best!
Great
thanks
Excellent, very informative and right to the spot explanations. Thank you so much for this extraordinary video ❤👏👏🙏❤❤
You're very welcome!
Wonderful to know. I've only watched 2 of your videos and they have been extremely helpful
My thoracic spine and shoulder blade muscles are weak Your exercises are making them stronger. I've been worried about a hunchback. As far as bunions go. I had surgery at the end of 22 and ended up in the hospital 2x for tisue and bone infections
My toe is now starting to go under the toe next to it which is causing hammer toe. The bunion is returning also. Thank you for showing me muscles that can hopefuly straighten my big toe enough. At this point, it hurts to wear closed-toe shoes. I appreciate you
Hi there - I'm sorry to hear about your post-surgical experiences and that you are experiencing pain with certain shoes - I hope the tips in my video prove beneficial for you :)
Your suggestions make practical sense. Do you have any help for the hammertoes next to the big toes with the bunion?
Always your videos are so good and really this video is with good explanation some how I have to try and definitely it will help and work Thanks a lot 👍👌🙏🏻
Happy to help!
Thanks will, I will have a go and do it. See it work. 👍👍🙂
Thanks for such valuable healthy information. GOD bless
Very happy to help :)
This is fantastic information! I power walk 4 miles 3 times a week, and I never thought about massaging my feet!
I'm really pleased the tips in my video can be of help!
Very helpful content, great video!!! God bless you, Will, you are a great scientist!!!❤
So pleased you found it helpful - thank you for your kind words!
I just love listening to you. Great voice!
Thank you!
Wonderful video , very helpful. Am gonna grab the book .thank you
So pleased the video was helpful, thank you for supporting my book, I hope you find it incredibly useful!
What exercises would you suggest for people with bunions on the little toe? Thanks for these videos - very informative!
The protrusion at base of your little toe is called a bunionette or a tailor's bunion. I imagine the same kind of principles for these…🤷🏻♀️
I have a pain in my waist especially at the right side which I have a hallux valgus also. I will try these exercises to see if there will be any improvement. Thank you.
Thanks for this wonderful video, you explained so well, and I will try it .
You are very welcome 😊
I have been doing these and other similar exercises, and by working on them over time, my big toe is much straighter! I also used Taro Iwamoto’s Feldenkrais lesson about bunions, and how to walk more evenly on my foot!
With all these lessons, my foot is much stronger. Barefoot shoes are not necessary, but strengthening these different muscles and walking properly are important.
Thank you for this extensive information and these exercises!
Keep up the great work!
Thank u so much for this helpful info 👍
Glad it was helpful!