How to Fix Bunions Naturally [No Surgery Needed] 

Aaron hoolly shit, you are one of the very few publishing the exact knowledge without trimming it and saving it up for some paid program book etc. Humanity is grateful to you for countless things youve done till now, it just doesn't know it is grateful yet. I hope the best for you sir🙏

I have the correct toes and 3 pair of LEMS footwear. Good progress over several months. The most amazing change is the aches and pains from my lower back, knees and feet have basically gone away. Even my lower foot neuropathy has lessened due, I believe to the better circulation the toe separation enables. I’m 75 years old and only wish I had discovered these techniques sooner.

Great video. There's one thing I have learnt, that sock choice too is important. I own 15 pairs of vivos, which are wide at the toe-box, but if your socks are tight, the shoe's benefits are reduced. So I now stretch all my socks at the front whilst still wet after washing them.

This guy is helping so many people with all these videos. God bless him 🙏

Thank you so much ! As a reliability specialist I always focus on fonction and look at things for what they are made for. I just love your approach the body mechanics!

My mum grew up as a barefoot child, and until her death preferred to go barefoot as much as possible. I, too, live that way, wearing comfortable shoes for work, etc. and taking them off as soon as I enter my house. My mother had her bunions removed when she was in her forties and I am hoping to have the same done soon. In our cases, shoes are definitely NOT to be blamed for our bunions.

This has to be the most sensible explanation of how to fix bunions. Thank you for sharing.🙂👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

The best bunion video yet. Useful practical info. Thank you 😊 💓

This was so refreshing! Thank you so much for all your help. I’m so excited and hopeful now!

I will try my best to follow your instructions, thank you for clearly explaining it! Very helpful video. 🙏🙂

Thank you so much for the advice 🙏 God bless you. I was always thinking of surgery

I bought some toes spaces and I absolutely love them! My balance is better in the gym, I can do lunges and a lot more things on my feet and it even helped my back, hip and knee pain. I highly recommend!

This is awesome information I can share with bodywork clients with easy self-care exercises. Thanks! I have a question about activating adductor hallucis: do you find working from dorsal vs plantar direction more effective, or would it be effective as well working from the plantar surface eg with a small ball.

I’ve been wearing correct toes since watching a Squat U video on the topic around 8 months ago. I can say with full confidence that correct toes are easily the best investment I’ve made in my personal care. The benefits were immediate and revelatory. I’ve had bunions as long as I can remember and the knowledge and feeling of a functioning big toe is still profound. My balance and stability were immediately improved after slipping the “toes” on. I also immediately invested in minimalist foot wear in order to be able to wear the “toes” at all waking moments. I never see myself willingly wearing conventional footwear again. I hope there will be barefoot safety shoes available in the near future! Do your feet, ankles, knees, hips, and spine a favor and buy correct toes and a pair of minimalist shoes! I promise you will not regret the money spent! Also, swinging weights like kettlebells, heavy clubs, or a mace while barefoot with the “toes” is a great way to strengthen the feet.

This is amazing and will definitely start incorporating...thank you for sharing!!

what an absolutely fantastic video! thank you!

Before bunion surgery I had a lengthy discussion with my Foot Doctor AND my Foot Surgeon before having bunion surgery. I had elective bunion surgery thinking it would make my feet not as wide. After bunion surgery I had a lot of problems. The THIRD foot specialist told me that bunion surgery changes the Whole Mechanics of your feet. He showed me posters of the skeletal foot while explaining the complex skeletal bone structure of the foot and how the feet bears the body weight and impact of walking and running. He acted very surprised when I told him he was the first doctor to explain how bunion surgery changes the mechanics of the foot skeletal structure AND how a person needs to learn how to walk CORRECTLY again after bunion surgery. Before bunion surgery my feet were 13 EEE, five years after bunion surgery my feet are 13 EEEEEEEE [8E]. I had no pain before bunion surgery. Having elective bunion surgery is in the top 5 worst decisions I've made in my lifetime. It ruined my feet for the rest of my life.

This is incredible. I’ve struggled with this for over a decade and never found information to properly explain what it is and how to treat it.

Thanks, great detail and easy to apply

Wow!! I wish I saw this video before I wasted time and money at a podiatrist that I went to for a 2nd time. He said that I have a slight bunion and gave me a cortisone shot and a prescription for a anti inflammortory pills and said to get a shoe insole. I got the insole but, didn't take the pills as I hate taking conventional medicine unless it is the last resort. I already have toe separators but, you have taught me more than those 2 doc visits and this is free information!!! I wish I could just pay you!! I will do these exercise moves and find those shoe recommendations. Thank you so mch!!

What a sensible explanation of how we have ended up with bunions. Bad shoe design for a couple of centuries, how crazy ! I loved your explanations and exercises. I've been trying many ways of avoiding surgery and will follow your suggestions. Many thanks

Makes perfect sense! Definitely going to try the exercises! Thank you.

Great video as always Aaron! I always find them helpful to me

Great video as usual. Did just that....shared the video with family. Thanks for sharing.

Great information and examples given in this video. Keep up the great work and video!

Thank you so much for this clear video! I’m only a teenager, but I’m already developing mild bunions. My mom was a ballet dancer and she has really bad ones, so she always made sure that the shoes my sister and I wear are good for your feet. But somehow, my sister and I still got them. I’m trying to reverse the bunions while I can, so thank you for this video!

Very informative. Will certainly try this exercise.

Thank you, Dr, Aaron Horschig for your excellent explanatory RU-vid Video for correction of Hallux Valgus deformity and Bunion

Wished I had known this before surgery - you are so right - it came back. What a waste of pain and $$$. Thank you so much. Stay healthy

I'm a 4th year podiatry student and rarely see this mentioned in school. This is akin to the shoe binding (lotus shoe) in late imperial Chinese women. It's essentially contemporary foot binding. You mentioned lateral deviation of the hallux but there is also medial deviation of the 1st metatarsal bone. I suspect the banded side step and toe spacer causes retroactive lateral deviation of the 1st Metatarsal. Great video!

Very good information for bunions ❤️ Thank you very much.

This info is gold. Thank you so much!

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge on bunion repair without surgery. So very helpful. Will report back on the progress of my elderly mom’s painful bunions. God bless.

Thank you so much for this video and I will act on all the points you mentioned. I have had bunions most of my life and have just accepted them. No longer!! I am a fitness walker and do many exercises. I just realized that when I do lunges I am bit off balance - my bunions😩. Take care and continue your good work.

Thank you so much! It's very helpful.

Thank you for talking about, and showing, the correct place to massage and open the big toe. Best vid I have seen yet on this subject.

Thanks Dr for spreading your knowledge🦶🏻keep them coming

I think it’s also important to talk about the very prevalent and unhelpful aesthetic of having narrow feet with as little as possible spaces between the toes. This look is what is considered attractive but for many people their natural foot is wider at the front with gaps between the toes.

Tadeevo is the best I've found. The are SO well constructed, too.

I want to give this a hundred likes. I love you for giving this out for free! ❤ Thank you!

This video is so helpful, I feel there just isn’t enough information out there on this subject.

I would like to say how much I enjoyed your video and how you got right to the point on everything. I especially like the 8 Minute Mark where you showed when your big toe is positioned correctly that your foot cannot pronate. Thank you thank you and thank you again!

Thank you for this advice.

This is the best video I've seen on the subject.

If these techniques work, how come you still have a bunion?

Thank you so much for making this video. I was a softball pitcher from 8yo through college and my bunions would bother me so bad by the end of my career. I had no idea that changing my shoes and doing a few simple moves could help correct this. Seriously, thank you. I look forward to trying this.

Such good information! Thanks! Many years ago I was beginning to develop bunions, and went to an ortho guy. He gave me a prescription for metatarsal bars to be put on the bottom of my shoes (I had them put on the widest ones I could find) and it took care of everything. Today I just wear Birkenstocks year round and enjoy good feet!

Excellent video. Thank you so much!❤

I have had bunions since 5th grade, when I first noticed they were developing. My mom also had very severe bunions so she was concerned about my feet developing them. She took me to foot doctors but their only solution was surgery which was way too expensive so she started buying my shoes a bit larger so my foot would not be cramped...well over the years, I am not in my 70's this never worked because as I got older I discovered high heels!! I loved my high heels and the way they looked. Even though they caused my feet unbearable pain, I still wore them. Needless to say, my bunios became worse. Finally, in 2018 I decided to have them fixed. I found a foot doctor, who said, "Yes, I can fixe those". He started to explain the surgical procedure which I found really sickening so requested he not describe the surgery, just tell me the outcome...I recall him talking about 'metal rods'...ug. This was my left foot the 'first' surgery was performed on. It was awful, but I was looking forward to being able to wear all my beautiful heels and boots with heels 3 and 4". Well, during the followup after the surgery, I smiled to the doctor and said, "I can't wait to be able to wear my heels". To which he replied, " Heels? You won't be able to wear anything higher that about 1"." I was so devistated I began to cry. Well, the part I did not want him to discuss with me, the actual surgical procedure was that a metal rod would be inserted into my foot making it impossibe for the toe joint to move. I wondered why he convenientlally avoided telling me the outcome of the surgery...I would never have consented to going forward with the surgery if I had known I would end up 'disabled' which is , as far as I am concerned has taken place. To this day, I would like to see the doctor in my head lights!!!! So my right foot still has a bunion. I gave all my beautiful heels and boots with heels away. I have since viewed many videos of bunions being corrected without surgery, or if surgery took place, other choices of surgerical procedures rather than the drastic one I suffered at the hands of the monster disguised as a surgeon. I might also add that my foot is still recovering from the surgery which took place in 2019..Is there any way the surgery I suffered could be corrected and the metal rod removed?

_Contrary to popular belief, bunions are aggravated, not caused, by shoes. The late anthropologist Margaret Meade observed many members of a South Sea island tribe had bunions, yet they had never worn shoes! They usually are the result of inherited faulty foot mechanics that put abnormal stress on the front of the foot._

Thanks! It really works, have been using my resistance band for that! Simple technique and no surgery!!!!!!!

Excellent recommendation for fixing the bunion problem.

I’ve been struggling with torn ligaments in the ball of my feet from wearing serving shoes, with a rotates pelvis consequently a limb length discrepancy adding to the problem, thank you so much for this!

Great as always! This channel is a real blessing for active people! May Bunions cause shin pain? I started to wear correct toes over month ago and I already see difference in my foot stability!

great explanation. Thanks a lot

Extremely helpful video thank you. I've noticed a bunion starting to develop on my left foot so I'm going to follow your advice.

I started to wear mens socks because womens socks fit tightly on my feet & it hurts my bunions especially womens ankle socks. I switched to mens socks & my feet feel so comfortable.

Muchas gracias, un video muy sencillo y didáctico. - Calzado ancho. - Fortalecimiento del músculo entre el dedo gordo y el siguiente. - Ejercicio con cinta. - Utilización del separador de dedos. 👍👍👍

Good advice, thank you !

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I have tailor bunions instead. Do I just do these same stretches on my pinky toe instead of Big toe? Do you have other advice for tailor bunions? This is such a great video. Thanks!

For anyone switching to barefoot shoes (which everyone should do) I recommend Dr. Emily Splichal's book 'Barefoot Strong,' a very short, concise guide to the best ways to strengthen your feet and make them more supple for barefoot walking and running. In particular, Splichal understands the vital role of dorsiflection and elongating the Achilles tendon, which are not much discussed elsewhere. I've been in minimalist shoes for several years now and they were an improvement on standard footwear right away, but I wish I'd had Splichal's book sooner to help me achieve comfortable, confident natural walking sooner.

Thank you so much for the video!🤗

This video changed my life. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

I started with minetonka moccasins. Been wearing the exact zero shoe you showed. Currently on my second pair. Toes have visibly spread and my constant pain in my right foot knee and hip are finally begining to wane.

I'm SOO Grateful you're shedding light on this. It's not hereditary. It's the shoes one wears that cause the deformity

Excellent, thank you!

Thanks, great explanation of the bunion problem.

Love the full reasoning breakdown as always! I wonder if the correct toes would also be a good tool for folks to use when trying on shoes as it might give them effective feedback of how much room their feet actually need for the shoe.😊

This is interesting. When I was a child, I preferred going outside barefoot or wear Japanese rubber slippers or open-toed sandals. I have flat feet, and always thought that was the cause of it (not that I minded). My mother didn't like this habit of mine, because it wasn't "proper". Since gettting an office job, my toes have narrowed and my gait isn't what it used to be because of the shoes I had to wear. Thanks for the video, will start correcting this issue immediately!

Thank you so much it was wonderful.

this is a great and most helpful video. thank you

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Your theory is definitely correct !! In Asia, due to the tropical weather & high humidity but for some due to economical restraints we love to wear sandals and slippers daily, therefore we less of these problems. Warm regards

Tried everything. Ended up with surgery. Very successful.

Thank you for the information.

Wow! Thank you so much!

What type of band are you using for the toe exercise?

I wear toe socks. They helped enormously because they slightly separate my toes. I was to,d by a foot doctor that I needed an operation. I healed it naturally with toes socks, TCM and changing my shoes.

Thank you so much. Video is really helpful. Will try your advice.

Excellent info thank you

This is wonderful! I have bunions and refused to have surgery. Finding this is awesome. Thank you!

Great video. And I should say that toe spacers are really helpful in reducing bunion pain as well. I also suggest socks that make some space between the toes. These socks are like gloves and each toe goes into one of them. Its been more than a year I'm really suffering with the pain. I can not even touch the bone. Such an annoying pain

EXCELLENT!!!THANKS SO MUCH!!

Seems like there’s a big market in all sports for a revamp on athletic shoes. I have Lems boots and the Altra Cayd and Altra Mid All weather boot. Haven’t seen a barefootshoe that doesn’t look dorky yet, maybe eventually. Love all of your content. My friend, who trained with Sean from Squat U personally to fix a herniated disk and bad laterus muscle in his ribs, turned me on to you. Soccer cleats bent both of my pinky’s inward and gave me a bunion on my foot. I’ve got the toe spacers on when ever I’m home and will deft incorp the band and tissue rubbing techniques as well. THANK YOU 🙏

You are absolutely correct. I found out myself be getting a wider shoe and also a size larger and now things are fine. You would have thought that my podiatrist would have told my this instead of recommending surgery.

Wow, what great timing. I just bought Xero shoes to have something stable but low cushion for plyos and deadlifts. I’ve had a bunion since my teens. I had no idea my shoes might be causing it but hoping with some of these tips I can correct it because I suspect it’s contributing to imbalances all the way up the kinetic chain.

Useful info. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much! I was afraid that it could only be corrected surgically.

Hey Aaron, love all the content! Keep up the great work! Is there a point at which the bunion is too big….or a large amount of growth that would make it more beneficial to get surgery? I had a soccer injury about 10 years ago and my bunion is fairly large in size.

Excellent topics Aaron we found this session so useful for us and we all on it to get this fixed up after long hard working day ∞🥊🐉Thank you

Thank you, Dr.! I went straight to my closet to get rid of pinching shoes. Love the explanation also about balance. This will help w/a lot of issues.

I'm going to try this method thank you Dr

I'm waiting for minimalist shoes to go more mainstream and to have more minimalist brands to pop up (or Big brands like Nike to start selling them) because since pursuing healthier stronger feet, getting a barefoot brand, and wait toe spacers, my bunion has become way less pronounced!! So many shoes are sooooo narrow!!

Great info for people who are just beginning to develop bunions but, overall, misleading because once you have serious bunions, you can’t reshape bones without surgery. I have tried everything and seen a half dozen doctors. Devices, exercises, and wide toe box shoes help reduce pain and prevent further damage but they can’t undo damage that’s already been done.

Very interesting, thanks.

Such a great video!!

Hey doctor. What about bunions on the pinky toe?

I was considering surgery, but didn’t want to be off work that long. I have the elastic, I can massage my foot, all I nd is the toe corrector. Thank you 😊 this is very helpful.

Thank you for this video.

Fascinating! Before its a left foot, After its a right foot!Magic!