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Saturday, July 9, 2011
Bunions: 4 Stages of Development
Here the 4 stages of bunion development are discussed. The emphasis is on stabilizing the bunion in Stage 2 for as long as possible. In most cases, rapid increase in the size of the bunion does not occur until Stage 3 due to the retrograde forces on the bunion as the big toe pushes off the ground in a misaligned position. The vital importance of simple, perhaps too simple for this high tech world, toe separators can not be emphasized enough.
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