In serious cases, large bunions may require surgery to remove them.
You don’t want your foot moving too much within the shoe and rubbing the bunion, but it has to be wide enough to fit. Shoes that have stretchy material in the uppers will often be more comfortable. High-heeled or pointed shoes are not ideal if you have bunions.
Here’s how to recognize the different kinds of bunions.
Notice the redness of the bump and shifting of the toes outward, all common signs of a significant bunion.
Another term for hallux limitus is hallux rigidus.
Tailor’s bunions are most prominent at the head of the fifth metatarsal (the long bones of the foot). Unlike most bunions, tailor’s bunions occur on the outside of the foot rather than the inside.
The legend has it that this type of bunion became known as a tailor’s bunion because tailors would sit cross-legged while working, with the edges of their feet rubbing on the ground. It was this rubbing that produced the painful bump on the little toe. But backstory aside, tailor’s bunions are often hereditary.
