Get Rid Of Bunions For Good: Nervous System Retraining
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- In this video you will learn simple bunion exercise to retrain your movement patterns and reverse bunion! This is also helpful for people with flat feet, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendon issues.
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Here's is something very important I want you to know.
Our culture (modernized culture, mostly Western culture) trains us to be disconnected from our bodies. Our culture trains us to view our bodies as external objects as an outside observer. Our culture trains to look to outside experts to fix us, fix our body issues but doesn't train us to connect with our own body, own sensory experience, "listen" to our body, feel our body, and learn from our inner intelligence.
This is cultural influence on our beliefs influences our behaviors. Many people believe that they need more information in order to overcome their limitations and challenges. Many believe that they just haven't found the "right" information yet so keep seeking outside for their answer. Reality is that we have too much information, and we are so disconnected from our own body and experience.
It's easy to view my videos as another exercise video, and approach it from that mindset, that is to approach your body like fixing mechanical parts that lie external to you. Then, you are really missing the point. This is not a conventional way of thinking in Western culture, so it's easy to let my message pass through you. But, don't worry! I am persistent and will repeat over and over and over:) I'm not here to teach you exercises to correct your body structures. I am here to help you connect with YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE, learn from YOUR BODY, and create a new way of movng, using yourself, being in your body!
This paradigm shift is necessary for transformation, changes in your nervous system, movement patterns, quality of life because your body and mind are one! I really encourage you to keep this message in your mind as you watch my videos and practice movement!
Very true Taro, I agree with you. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much, Taro! I always thought my bunion was hereditary, as I seemed to have flat feet. Like my mom. But by doing your lessons like this, and also with different parts of my body, I now notice that I unconsciously do what you said: turn my toe out with my weight on the inside of my big toe and foot! I’m trying to be more mindful of how it should feel. This is also helping chronic back pain that I’ve had for months!
I was always told my bunions were a result of tight shoes. This makes muuuch more sense. This channel is such a game changer, thank you!!
Tight shoes force your big toe inward which makes your weight rock towards it
I Absolutely did NOT wear Any tight shoes , EVER, & Still got bunions!
I've been told, bunions are Mainly Hereditary.
@@marywoodard4241It's not like the bunions grow like mushrooms on your foot., hereditary means that the conditions that encourage them, like how your weight is naturally distributed and how quickly your bones grow in response to microtrauma, are more present because of your parents.
As I'm sure is the same with many people in these comments I have frequented the podiatrist and waterboarded him with questions.
@@marywoodard4241modern mainstream shoe styles start you off with misalignment causing bunions in some and milder deformities and loss for strength and balance plus about any other foot problem there is in others. If you grow up barefoot, wearing barefoot or minimalist shoes you won't have these problems and won't need to relearn how to stand up and walk lol
Thanks Taro! I felt like this helped align/strenghten my knees as well.
Big "AHA!"s with this video, Taro ~ thank you! I'm 64 and know my bunion has been there since 10yrs old (culprit = point ballet shoes, that are not good for anyone's feet!!!) so may take some retraining, but your video has laid out a really useful map. YAY!!!
This makes so much sense.
Absolutely the most informative physical description for bunions as well as cross toes.This I add to my similarly routine This will make a huge difference. Tank you.
My pleasure!
Thank you Taro. Earlier in time you fixed my walking pattern with the pelvic bit, now I’ll pay attention to the toes. Big help with pain. God Bless. m
This is a brilliant explanation and demonstrates how to correct the bunion forming on my foot. Thanks so much for sensible advice ❤
Thank you Taro. Very helpful.
I love this explanation. This is true.Pushing off incorrectly cause this issue.Im Improving all this .Thank you ,this helps with running 😊😊😊
Really helpful! You are an excellent teacher
Thank you:)
I'm very excited to try these videos, you have explained the reason behind bunions very well which completely resonates with me. Thank you so much for your great videos .
Thanks a lot for the informative lessons. I found i put more pressure on my heel, so henceforth need to balance the pressure on the entire foot. Wonderful tips Taro. Thanks once again.
Amazing really had to think about walking differently and just where my weight is. I have a bunion on my right foot and remember how sore it was before my bunion started to grow. This was many years ago so although it does not give me pain now, I do walk on the inside of my right foot and shoes wear on the inside of that shoe.
Thank you for your clear, no- nonsense explanations & diction.
you're welcome:)
Thank you, I appreciate your knowledge and how you share it in easy to follow steps!!
my pleasure!
Wow! I will share this with a friend who has these issues. Thank you! ❤️
thank you!
I love your videos! Thank you for this. A very different approach to bunion correction. I always feel when I do Feldenkrais exercises like I'm doing almost nothing. And then I'm always amazed at the results. I'm sure this will yield results with diligent practice.
I want to thank you for your time and energy you put into making your videos consist and informative. You are helping me at a time I really need it.
my pleasure!
I wouldn't say I have a bunion issue. Still, by following your video I received lots of info on my body distribution and can see possible why I developed a callus on both my feet from a young age. Thanks for sharing this info and mindful practice.
Thanks Taro. I noticed years ago, that I would lift the insides of my feet up, in response to emotions around self consciousness and self doubt. One foot in particular is very troublesome as the weight falls to the outside of heel. I have been doing some exercises myself, but yours here are a bit more comprehensive.
What really helped me to do this kind of training regularly was to choose a certain road/hallway whatever i walk on regularly and use it as my training ground. I have to walk a certain hallway at work at least 4 times a day and i always walk along it with awareness to my feet and posture.
I have to comprimise ;) i cant be as slow as at home but reducing speed at work (even if its only a short way) can also help you calm down a little bit and destress :)
nothing wrong with compromise:) you're actually improvising :)
Thank you .
OMG! So TRUE!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome
thank you very much!
Thank you very much 👍
It makes sense. I going to put atencion when I do squads
Thank you so very much Taro!!! I tried it and it worked!!! Couldn't feel anything with shoes on before...this absolutely worked...I have been walking around without shoes and I can feel the right way as well. I had the wrong information all my life and am so grateful for the solution. I will never forget your kindness and tell everyone I know who is struggling with this also. ❤❤❤
Glad to hear it!!
Very informative
Amazing exercises, I step with my weight on the outside of my feet, but I tried these and I can feel my feet getting stronger! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise 😊👍
Welcome!
Hi. I have syringomyelia and balance issues. I notice that you are correct.
Good timing
🙂😎 .paying Attention to 'Weight Shifting' to Neutral!! 🤗 Aha!💖..started paying Attention to That since 'in my mind'. Considering 'anke and heel' as Leg..(i have a Lifetime 'compromised walking from Foot Stuff..🙂) Thanks for Posting!!🌿💞
Thank you 🙏🏼
welcome:)
Hello Taro, love your videos! Do you think you could do one explaining and helping with flat feet/overpronation? Thank you very much again and keep up the great work ❤
Movement pattern explained in this video for the development of bunion is very much consistent with movement pattern for flat feet, overpronation, so i would pay close attention to your gait pattetn.
Hello Taro Thankyou so much for the advice and your time with this video - I can see the imbalances in my feet, stance and walking. I have a bunion on the right foot - with second toe is bent up a bit I cannot flatten it down ( from years of habitual pattern) I will consciously try to flatten it down as described in this video is there any other advice ?
Thanks again ☺️🙏
Have bunion problems will try these routines
Let me know how it goes. this movement retraining can be applied to daily activities so you can reduce stress to ball of big toe.
Thank you for this video, I’d like more bunion correction vids from you!
Yes, please!
Yes would be great
it works!
This is great thank you. I already have a spur on my bunion but guess practicing this will improve periods of pain and inflammation.
if you are in a hole, the first thing you need to do is to stop digging hole. That is what movement retraining is about
@@TaroIwamoto ❤
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you mean Muista rocking chair or a stool? they are both really nice
The Muista 🙂
Thank you dear person.
This is great, my knees collapsed inwards after having teeth out for straightening when was nine and a craniosacral therapist once told me the loss of teeth would always cause instability in my spinal structure. This gives me hope that I can support myself in other ways, thank you.
teetch affect the articulation of the jaw, which affects the occiput-upper cervical movement, which affects the entire spine, which affects the pelvis/hips, which affects the whole legs. yes, everything is connected:) you can influence the relationship from the top down as well as from the ground up:)
@@TaroIwamoto tell me about it! my jaw has clicked and been tight every since and I was forever going to the chiro to get my pelvis sorted.. 😏 Thanks for your content it's much appreciated.
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Amazing! The minute I began the split-stance weight shifting movement with my left foot, the long-term spasms and pain in my left buttock were triggered. Now I know what causes it and how to improve it. Thanks!
you're welcome:)
I had bunion surgery four years ago on both feet, but my right one is returning. Doing these exercises, I noticed that my right knee tilts inward as my foot drops into my big toe - no wonder the bunion is coming back! Hopefully I can rectify this with these exercises, and it might help improve my running gait too.
A surgery can correct structure but does not change habitual movement pattetns and biases that led to the surgery in the first place. Movement retraining is therefore important even aftet a surgery.
Thank you Taro. I have been told bunions are often hereditary but no one else in my family has one. I go bare foot when inside and mostly wear minimalist footwear outdoors. I manually mobilise my big toe often and massage between the toes. Your posture assessment gave be a clear insight into what's going on with my foot 👣 I will certainly add your exercises to my repertoire. Could the bunion impact or be impacted by a misalignment of the knee, hip or lower back?
Welcome:) yes, bunion could impact knees, hips, as hips and knees could impact bunion. I tend to think how feet interact with the ground influence the structures above, more often than the other way.
thanks 👍
Welcome 👍
I have been doing this lesson and it has helped me get my ankles stop from getting sprained. Thank you
Nice job!
I’ve been doing these exercises according to your instructor and I have soreness and a little pain. But this is to be expected I’m assuming because of the different biomechanics and not what I normally do?
I might have bunion also because I can see bones on my feet.
Taro, can I wear flip flop in the house? I want my feet clean. My chiropractor said flip flop damage feet. May be I should wear sandals in house.
I love this video. It teaches us to be aware of our movement, body. It is like meditation. It helps us to be grateful that God gives us power to take care of our health naturally instead of depending on drugs and surgery. Thank you Taro. I love feldenkrais.
every foot is different, every single person is different. While I love walking barefoot, and I believe there is a lot of benefits about walking barefoot, I also understand that not everyone is comfortable with minimal support or no support. flip flop doesnt have much support, but if that doesnt bother your feet, I think its okay.
Thank you so much for your videos. What about tailor's bunion (digitus quintus varus); A part from reversing the side of the foot I align my weight on, is there anything else one should be aware of with a bunionette as opposed to a bunion?
Absolutely beautifully explained, thank you Taro. I have early stages of Bunions on my left foot and have flat feet, so this causes my ankle to curve inwards too, which i'm sure will affect my knees sooner or later and go progressively upwards. My mother has advanced Bunions on her right foot, but her left is mostly normal (your explanation mostly clears why the "narrow shoes" theory doesn't fully explain why both my Mom and I don't have it on both feet).
Loved your demonstration of how to bring awareness to how we distribute our weight on our feet. For both of us we do concentrate our weight more on the toe with Bunions.
And loved how you've shown to retrain the body to healthy patterns of movement. Will make sure to do this till it becomes a muscle memory the body can default to in those movements.
Do you recommend wearing toe spacers as well for 10 mins barefoot every day? I've heard it helps retrain/align those muscles to the new position the toes are in. Do you feel it would help?
when toe spacers are used as a proprioceptive awareness feedback device instead of a corrective device, they can help you retrain your nervous system and movement patterns more, I think.
Thank you, Taro. Yes, shall be sure to use it that way
Great advice. Do you have any advice for bone spurs on the top of the foot? Wearing modern day narrow trainers seem to have caused this and in turn also a bunion due to the inability to spread the toes as they should be normally. I'm having to constantly stretch the foot and toes to relieve pain. I have started to follow the advice in your other video regarding toe separation so hopefully that may help. So grateful for your videos.
Bone spurs develop in response to repeated stress, so in your case likely due to repeated pressure on top of foot from shoes that are not fit well. I assume you changed your footware, which is first step as you want to eliminate the source of stressor. then retrain your movement patterns so you distribute your stress evenly on your foot during daily activities
@TaroIwamoto @TaroIwamoto Thank you so much for replying. Yes, I have changed my footwear and will continue to try and retrain my movement patterns. I just wish there was a way to eliminate the bone growth as even with better footwear it can still be painful. I will persist. Thank you.
This is great stuff! I have Morton's foot (2nd toe longer) on my bunion side. After watching this, I realized I was curling that long 2nd toe down and under, transferring wt to big toe and keeping foot tense. No wonder I limp! How could I have missed this for years? I need a bigger shoe😆. Thank you for this insight!!!
Habits create blind spots, huh? But the power of attention and awareness can shine lights on blind spots!
@@TaroIwamoto Most definitely! Thank you for shining a light on it 😄
Me too!!
@@alinacash786 me three!
Thanks...Great video and straight to the point. Just wondering, do bunions have anything to do with flat feet? Would wearing an arch insole in shoes help?
Will you please show the weight distribution lines on the foot via a diagram? Which point-s of the feet are essential for a balanced stand/ walk? Is there a connection to the hip joints ? Thanks!
this might be a nice video for you czcams.com/video/LI1b1t4JUvc/video.html
I have been diagnosed as having bunions on both sides of each feet, the big toe bunion and the other side which is called a Taylor’s bunion. It’s painful for me to walk barefoot because the bone on the outside of my foot has no padding under it. Do you have a video that could address the Taylor’s bunion too?
I developed a bunion on my right foot nearly 2 years ago. Last night I was looking at my foot, and wondering if there was anything I could do to reverse the bone displacement, and get my foot back to normal, as I don’t want to let it stay as it is, and then be too difficult, or impossible, to correct. I’m kind of surprised at the timing of this video! What say you? Thanks!
You're welcome:)
I have a swollen area on the top of my right foot above the big toe and the second toe . My big toe is also turned in( and without shoes) folds behind my second toe. This swelling has been with me for over ten years consistently. Do you have a video or advice?
Very interesting. I have a bunion on my left foot but also a corn on the outside of my right foot. Recently I have come to realisethat my pelvis is twisted to the right. It seems to me that my weight is therefore on the right of my tight foot and on the right of my left foot. Does that make sense to you?
I'm going to pay more attention to my feet but I think I'll have to address that twist or rotation that I have at the same time.Not sure if you have a video on this. I'll take a look see.
Many thanks!
I will recommend this to friend who seems to have this problem. I am not sure it that's his problem. But I will let him see this .
thank you!
Taro, I have a plantar plate tear on the second toe right next to the big toe with the bunion. So it is difficult to put the weight there . Any advice? Also , hip and knee pain on the other leg. Thank you so much for your excellent videos.
Improving bunion is about retraining your movement patterns, especially gait patterns. While you cannot bear weight comfortably on your foot, you can still work on gait patterns in different positions, then when you can bear weight, you can come back to this one. I suggest you check my Improve Balance playlist, as well as followalongs playlist, hip mobility series as retraining your movement patterns that can be practice in positions that don't require you to stand on your feet.
My left little toe doesn’t move much and seems a little swollen but it is always that way. I feel like this makes it harder for me to get grounded
I have pain on my right big toe for 2 months now. My primary care dr said I have neuropathy. I am taking alpha lipoic acid to repair the nerve because I have sciatica also.
But I think that I might have bunion also because I can see on m
Hey Taro,
Would you suggest these exercises for bunions on the pinky toe side?
sure, the same idea. its a good idea to distribute weight on foot during functional movements to reduce stress on the area
I will try your routine. How does this effect crossed toes?
Great! Crossed toes are often the result of compensated gait pattern. My guess is that when you walk, push off, your foot turns outward. Over many months and years of these habitual gait patterns, bone spurs, deformities often develop. This is true to many conditions, so, I focus on helping people retrain their nervous system through movement retraining in order to change their habitual movement patterns and improve their functions!
Bravo 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Thank you amazing 🎉
you're welcome:)
Its also about the shoes you wear. I do my regular indoor exercises like aerobics, qigong, and strength ttaining all barefoot. Barefoot is more natural
very good point! I also love barefoot!
I practiced Kendo a long time and this video made me realise how my hip and left foot aren‘t aligned very straight which might contribute to the beginning bunion on my left foot. Do you recommed to strengthen certain muscles to ease good limb alignment?
for efficient upright posture and movement, I really like Tai Chi as movement retraining.
@@TaroIwamoto haha I don‘t think I can afford another hobby 😭 but I will go with your excercises first, thank you very much
2:35 blew my mind
Thank you so much for this! Will the toes return to their normal position eventually? And if your body has laid down calcium deposits to strengthen it, will they go away?
You're welcome. It is quite unlikely that bone spurs, degenerative changes will reverse. However, by retraining your movement patterns and nervous system, you can definitely prevent them from getting worse, which is a good thing, and we should all do that to keep our body and mind healthy!
I am looking for the free back movement program link you mentioned. Could you post it again?
here you go: mailchi.mp/6434a8b84f49/movement-guide-to-pain-free-back
@TaroIwamoto since nearly 2 yrs I got a bunion from a motor bike accident.The bunion does not look bad I guess as I can still strech my right foot big toe apart. Do you think there is any chance of my toe reverting back to its original form???
so the motor bike accident has changed your movement patterns, which has led to development of your bunion. have you noticed you have changed your walking patterns?
I had surgery on my right foot at the very end of December 2021 for plantar, pes planus and bunion removal.
Will this be helpful as I go through my PT?
absolutely! even after a surgery, it is likely people maintain the same habitual movement pattern, so it is important to retrain movement after surgery.
Can you address bunionettes or Tailor’s Bunions?
Taro, i started developing a bunion on my right foot within this last year. I also started exercizing with Zumba, weight training, and kick boxing 3 days a week. My shoes are not narrow but i am flat footed. Could this be the reason for the bunion? Thank you for your explanations. They are very precise.
increased weight bearing, impact activities (zumba, weight training, kick boxing) with habitual movement (weightbearing) patterns (leaning into instep of foot) coincided with the development of a bunion. Sounds like those are related. Observing your movement patterns during those activities and retraining movement patterns would be very helpful, I would think.
@@TaroIwamoto I will be more conscious about movement patterns and see how this works. Thank you.
Would you recommend toe spacers? I have 2 sets, one for barefoot (with the spacers around all toes) and one that can fit in my shoes (that only hook on to the 3 middle toes with a plastic spacer between the big and second toe and the 4th and little toe). I have been wearing them everyday for about 2 months and have been seeing that both my big toes, which have bunions, are a little farther from my 2nd toes. I will try your exercises and see how it affects the toes. Thank you!
combing toe spacers and movement retraining would be an excellent idea!!
@@TaroIwamoto Thank you so much for your reply, much appreciated! I will proceed! ❤️
@@claricehirata3303 my pleasure!
Hi Taro ,
Can we just walk lifting both big toes to give them a break. Then we can lean automatically on the ball of other small toes. That way we do not have to concentrate on the ball of the second toes. Is it ok? Thank you.
well, thats a possibility but I would not personally use it as that strategy puts ankle in a very unstable position, puts strain on other parts, which leads to whole other issues at the expense of saving one part.
@@TaroIwamoto I see. So I have to rest the whole foot on floor, but put more weight at the pad of the second toe? That way there will be equilibrium of weight on the whole feet. ? If I put weight under the third toe, the ankle will tilt?
So the pad of the second toe keeps the foot flat on floor, not tilt, not create ankle tilt?
That is hard concentration. Why did God create big toe, feet like that? Thank you.
If your shoes prevent the big toes to move outwards with every step, the tendon on the toe's outside can't work properly. As the tendon ends behind each knee, it will be immobilised and the toe pulls inwards. Solution: big enough socks and shoes with a straight medial side a 8:41 nd walking bare-foot. Wiggle your toes and curl them up. Release and repeat.
I have a question. I have bunions on both feet. High arches. And I actually walk and stand on the outside of my feet rather than the inside with pressure on my big toes. I also have minor knock knees. But I was a dancer in high school and early college, could this be what caused the bunions?
Hi! It's difficult for me to imagine how you support your weight from the ground up and how you walk exaclty, but another important thing you want to pay attention to is your footwear. If your shoes have narrow toe box that restricts movement of your feet and toes, that can definitely contribute to this condition.
I agree that the habit of for placement has a lot to do with bunions and bunionette(which is my problem) but I feel the main culprits are the narrow shoes with the wrong toe shape and wearing shoes too much. Stylish shoes are horrible and we push out babies get into them at an early age! I don't have narrow feet yet was out into narrow shoes all these years. I have get pain all the time. I am searching for shoes that suit my feet and don't care what they look like as long as I can work in them. I will however do these movements you have talked about because I have noticed I sit with my weight on the outside of my feet. Any additional help is appreciated! Thank you.
Crocs are the best shoes I’ve found for my feet pain from plantar fasciitis and bunions on both sides of my feet. I wear the lined ones in cold weather, their flip flops in summer and regular crocs in between. Nothing else has worked for me. Maybe they’d work for you.
@@JanisK1953 I have a pair I wear at home and they do feel pretty good. But for my farm work I need something that will keep my feet clean and dry. Lots of mud and muck out there! I will get a lined pair though. Been eyeballing those already!
I am fairly new to Feldenkrais practice. As a longtime yoga, movement practitioner and equestrian, this is the piece I've been missing-: re-training such movement patterns. Can bunions really be reversed by re-training over time? Certainly, there is relief of pain... I am interested if you've come across someone whose bunions actually went away with this.
if you're in a hole, the first thing you want to do is to stop digging so you don't make the hole deeper. You have to know your habitual movement patterns that are contributing to development of bunion in order to change it. While it may not be possibly to reverse the bone deformities completely, it is possible to remove the stressor.
I have tendonitis (I think) in my left achilles, so that bending that ankle forward can hurt. Stepping in the fashion you suggest is mildly painful. I’ve been compensating my walking by rolling inward. I want to retrain my walking to be better, but what should I do in this circumstance?
what kind of shoes do you wear the most? do you do any activities that require you to use left leg more?
@@TaroIwamoto Mostly I wear like New Balance runners. I don’t have any leg-specific activities, but I do have a chronic injury on the inner left hip flexor. That muscle I think can be fixed by using it, but it’s suffered from nonuse as my body compensated to avoid using it.
Also Ithink maybe the problem is not walking as directed, but the exercise 2. maybe if i didn’t keep the rear heel on the ground or stretch it as much it wouldn’t be an issue. As long as the heel comes up it bothers me much less.
clarification:I meant that walking as directed was quite doable. Maybe the incline of the shoes helps; maybe lifting the heels helps.
@@abj136 i was going to say a heel lift might unload your Achilles.
I need some help. When I walk, there is a pain that goes from the bottom of my toes to the top. Like they are cramping. Once in a while I get heel pain also. What do you suggest?
does that change with a type of footwear you use? does it get worse as you continue walking?
It does change with shoes, what’s really weird is sometimes even with the bed covers, it can hurt my toes that I have to sleep on my side. Sometimes the heel hurts with a step and sometimes it doesn’t.
@@noreenfahsholz463 inconsistent pain behavior makes me wonder it might be related to nerves. do you happen to have neuropathy?
@@TaroIwamoto not yet, I’m pre-diabetic, my mother had neuropathy and my daughter does. What can I do? I did but some emu cream on last night and that did take the pain away. Any stretches to help with it?
What if we wear orthotics…my foot lands more on outside of foot
I don't have normal bunions but I have what looks like a bunion on the joint of both my small toes. It really affects what shoes I can wear.
Thats called a bunionette or tailors bunion
Thanks.@@ryanlim7730
I was pigeon-toed as a child and was pushed to do exercises (walk like a duck squatting and point your toes out when walking). I became self conscious about it and ended up pointing my toes out whenever I walk unless I am very tired and then I will revert to the slightly pigeon-toed gait. My question is could that have caused my bunions (on both feet and I’ve had them since childhood) and will these exercises help with both the bunions and the pigeon-toedness?
I think bunions are more associated with toes out walking patterns than toes in patterns due to weight distribution patterns.
@@TaroIwamoto Exactly! A lifetime of walking with my toes pointed out to combat being toed-in as a child.
Bonjour,
Ce serait bien la traduction en français Marion
זה נראה ממש מעניין, בבקשה שיהיה תרגום לעברית❤
Are you saying that toe separators aren’t going to help?
i'm actually not saying that, but I will say that toe separators are not likely to change your habitual movement patterns and muscular tension patterns. Retraining movement patterns with toe separators can be very helpful:)
Thank you for that!!@@TaroIwamoto
What if the problem is towards your pinkie toe?
you learn to recognize your habitual patterns, and retrain movement patterns to bring more balance and stability to your gait, so if your tendency is to shift weight too far outside of your foot towards the 5th toe, then you will practice to adjust your weight more evenly. so the same principle applies.
Have Bunions can you help
this video is about that:) Was it helpful?
@@TaroIwamoto Yes have not done properly yet
@@TaroIwamoto YES HAVE YOU GOT vIDEO ABOUT not wearing yoe spacers
But once the damage is done . I have never heard of anyone correcting damage with just physical therapy . I’m going to a podiatrist myself and checking this . They could shrink down but . A dr would need to see what going on. Not that changing foot wear and exercise couldn’t help but it’s best to get a professional opinion.
When I stand holding the knee position I can feel my hips wanting to turn inward
My shoes tend to wear on the outside edge of my heals. Both feet. I believe this is referred to as supination.
I am 75 and have some numbing in my toes when I am at rest. When I walk or exercise this sensation subsides.
My toes are normally fairly close together and I have been doing placing my fingers between them and flexing them to open them a bit as demonstrated in your video.
Do you have a recommendation on an exercise to reduce supination? Is supination causing the numbing feeling?
Thank you for any advice you can give.
Huh?? I got my b unions (as most woman) from wearing tight boots.
improperly fit shoes can definitely contribute to development of bunions, which of course doesn't help with walking.