Bunion Barefoot Exercise
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Here I am at Brighton beach walking on stones and pebbles to exercise my bunions (ouch ouch ouch).
I’m not going to lie to you. It’s a little bit painful. We have spent many years as adults walking in shoes over concrete, not chasing wild boar in our bare feet perhaps as our ancestors would have done.
Does wearing shoes cause bunions? I don’t know if it does. I think that it probably aggravates bunions. I’m quite sure that having stonger intrinsic foot muscles is good all round for our feet. It is a little sore to walk on stones but as you get better at it, you can enjoy the lovely tingling feeling when your feet feel alive again.
If you have every seen kids, who spend a lot more time in their bare feet, walking over stones, you’ll notice they don’t do all the ‘oohs’ and ‘ows’ and running to their towels, as we big kids do.
So give it a try. Let me know how you get on.
I’m really enjoying learing about the exercises on your site. I did find something out recently, thanks to you…but I don’t see anything on your site (so far) that addresses it. I have a condition that is called “Morton’s toe”, something you alluded to in one of your videos – having a longer second toe. According to the things I’ve read, this can cause lots of foot, ankle and knee problems, forward head carriage and scoliosis. I have all those problems! This condition also causes bunions and can be resolved with a small pad under the big toe joint. Forgive me if my anatomy descriptions are vague… But I’m interested to know if you’ve heard of this and what you think about it?
Hello, thanks for your question. Yes I have heard of Morton’s toe. In fact, I have one and a bunion. I would suggest it isn’t a ‘condition’ but a congenital anomaly (ie: born with it). I don’t think it ’causes’ anything but may be associated with a few structural problems like bunions because it alters our ‘ideal posture.’ Mostly I feel it is an anomaly and that we’d be better offer with a shorter 2nd toe but alas I don’t believe it can be blamed for causing postural problems in and of itself. But it may indeed be an element in the overall picture. Thanks so much for sharing with our readers!