How to help improve your foot function and reduce bunions through gentle self care.
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@SezInSharjah8 күн бұрын
Thank you, what a fabulous video! Beautifully explained exercises and great to now know what to work on. Thank you Melanie!!!
@cityosteopaths27268 күн бұрын
Thank you! Glad to help.
@milenamartinezorozco4760Ай бұрын
Buenos días.. Por favor eres gran expositora, pero por favor cuando hables, traduce al español.
@stopthedrops88426 жыл бұрын
thank you Melanie, awesome video. Have passed on to my mum who has bunions (Louisa here)
@cityosteopaths27266 жыл бұрын
Thanks Louisa, I am very glad to help. Please encourage her to do some work on her feet daily and she will get to progress well.
@katehawkes9483 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video thanks Mel, also appreciate the advice given today. I’m starting these exercises right away 🙏
@cityosteopaths2726 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Kate, so lovely to see you in person and very glad to be of service. Have fun helping your feet 🤗
@minzintun31418 ай бұрын
@@cityosteopaths2726မေသူင်း 👣️👩👍👍
@ofosusam4 жыл бұрын
You have beautiful feet. Wow. Wish I had that. I am currently coming down with one foot problem after the other. In growns, neuromas, mild bunion on the left. Trying to get as much information as I can get. Cutting out the in-growns was hell. Trying to be pro active with the other issues. Good video.
@cityosteopaths27264 жыл бұрын
ofosusam thank you. Great to hear you are working on your feet. Make sure your foot wear toe box is wide and the sole allows good movement. All the best!
@beear60457 жыл бұрын
After all these exercises...anyone have a positive result of getting rid of the bones??!I would like to see before and after...
@vickiwilde97276 жыл бұрын
Helpful video, easy to follow. I'll add that to my daily routine and look forward to reducing my bunions. Think I'll trace around my feet so I'll have an image for comparison once I've been practicing the routine regularly. Hopeful, Vicki
@melanieyoung27206 жыл бұрын
Hi Vicki, Thanks for your message. Good idea to do an outline, you may also like to take a photo. Do note that bunions usually get worse over time so even halting the decline initially is a good result. Overtime I have seen them reverse with regular use of the exercises in this video or similar.
@emoguy1306 жыл бұрын
Hi I have heard that a toe spacer is necessary to put the joint in proper alignment before exercising?
@melanieyoung27206 жыл бұрын
Hi Nigel and Helen, if your toes overlap or are heading that way then a toe spacer can be helpful to wear as long as it is comfortable. Gently working on your feet daily will produce best results. Over time it is usually the case that less treatment is needed. Important to wear zero drop wide toe box shoes.
@monicahockersmith66274 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That was helpful. Easy to follow and do at home.
@cityosteopaths27264 жыл бұрын
Monica Hockersmith thank you 😊
@dark.roselle2 ай бұрын
Ur voice is amazing
@SquirrelHoney5 жыл бұрын
This is great, thank you! I’m having trouble with the exercise where you drew your toes together, I’m struggling to do it without bending my toe-joints, any tips? I’m also wondering if severe bunions have been corrected this way? I have mild bunions so I’m hoping I can reverse them.
@melanieyoung27205 жыл бұрын
Thea's Mummy, thanks for your question. If you are having trouble with drawing up your metatarsal arch you are not alone😊. Try putting your fingers under your toes, using the pads of your fingers to draw out your toes so they don’t bunch, while really trying to get the little boney bumps of your metatarsal heads to rise up. It will take practice with lots of concentration. Keep at it daily! Yes you should be able to reverse mild bunions using my method. I have a patient with severe bunions who is working on hers and keeping track of her progress with tracings and photos. It just takes time. Without working on your feet bunions tend to progress over the years.
@SquirrelHoney5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I’ll keep trying! Do you mean to use my fingertips on the tips of my toes to pull the toe to stop myself bending at the middle toe-joint? Do you know if any other exercises to work this arch? I have been told to work on it as mine has collapsed some abs I’m hoping to strengthen it and realign my toes. Thank you for sharing your success stories, there is a lot of contradictory information on bunions out there, so it’s good to know that it is possible to reverse them!
@florpanganiban67966 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy that kind of ball?
@melanieyoung27206 жыл бұрын
Hi Flor, Try googling 'spiky ball' in your area of the world. We have them for sale at our practice if you are in New Zealand!
@docsmctink6 жыл бұрын
Buy them in pairs--they are for drying clothes in the dryer
@chahbaboussettaelidrissi85364 жыл бұрын
Merçi pour tout ces conceils👍👍👍👍👍
@hajarkhaton6 жыл бұрын
full respect
@MsChrisFashion5 жыл бұрын
Οh sorry i did not see this video before..o have done surgery on both my feet last year one and this year the other...i will start doing these excerizes...i do not want to have to do again such surgery!!!
Thank you for the video and the inspiration In your experience can the bunion improve by doing this and if yes do you know about how long do you need to do this Thank you so much for Have a bless day
@cityosteopaths27264 жыл бұрын
Radu Blaga thanks for your comment. As you know our feet do a lot for us every day and giving them some care is a wonderful thing that ideally we keep on doing as we get older. 😊
@Unknown-zd7qs5 жыл бұрын
Do i have to do all the exercise to get results or jist one of them
@melanieyoung27205 жыл бұрын
Panda Bts the video shows how to first warm up your feet them get the toes moving better. Doing just one exercise won’t work as well. Daily work is important especially initially until your feet are functioning.
@Goldensoles Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you. The pain in my bunion comes and goes. The pain will come after months or years then stops. I want to avoid surgery.
@cityosteopaths2726 Жыл бұрын
Goldensoles, in 26 years in clinical practice I haven’t seen any happy results to surgery so avoiding is the best plan. Do the exercises most days till your toes are fully comfortable then top up if any pain reoccurs and over time hopefully you won’t have any more problems. Getting to know your feet is ideal 🤗
@Goldensoles Жыл бұрын
@@cityosteopaths2726 Thank you so much for the tip.
@sonnysalim5757 Жыл бұрын
Good recharge Beautiful video
@Terry-Fan5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, that was helpful. I’m just starting to develop a problem in my left foot and am hoping it isn’t too late to reverse it. Also you have beautiful feet!
@melanieyoung27205 жыл бұрын
Terry Fan thanks for your comment. Sounds like you are catching the bunion early. Do work on it regularly, like daily until it’s eased up. Let me know how you go in 3-6 months
@SquirrelHoney5 жыл бұрын
Is it ok to do these exercises throughout the day instead of in one go? I have two young girls so it’s easiest for me to fit them all in if I break them up throughout the day :)
@melanieyoung27205 жыл бұрын
Thea's Mummy, yes that’s fine. Little and often is best😊
@isabelcenturion557129 күн бұрын
Puedes traducir al español please.
@julieseier42013 жыл бұрын
Dave brown whats wrong on watching video
@soheilabakhit99882 жыл бұрын
Tnx Madam 👍👌
@stephen14642 ай бұрын
Cute toes!!
@simonax67717 жыл бұрын
Can anyone show if it really works, otherwise it'is just only theory.
@cityosteopaths27267 жыл бұрын
Hi Simona, Everyones foot will be slightly different, however it has worked for me and all the patients who have done the exercises regularly. I suggest you give it a try!
@TheresaMueller6 жыл бұрын
Every exercise is nice and helpful for your feet, whether having pain or not. They love it! ;)
@chonagarcia52756 жыл бұрын
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@faulltw3 жыл бұрын
Soooo, I take my son out to McDonalds for breakfast and sit next to a table of women talking about whether or not their feet are pretty. They asked for my humble opinion and of course after careful consideration proclaimed them all to have equally pretty feet. My 5 year old of course goes home and promptly tells his mother I was playing footsie with four women at McDonalds. We now have to eat at Burger King.
@Skinny_Pimp29 күн бұрын
You Sicko. You feed that innocent child poison then share a story of him getting molested? You sick misandrist Animal!
@driftwood55512 күн бұрын
Lucky man! I love women’s pretty feet!
@antonellamicheli10824 жыл бұрын
Hello...i cannot move my toe outwards and inwards... it moves very slowly ..a little bit better up and down..what can i do???
@cityosteopaths27264 жыл бұрын
Antonella Micheli can you move your toe gently with your fingers or is it very stuck? If so you may like to see your local practitioner who can organise an X-ray for you. Just remember it’s been a long time coming so you will need a long time of getting it moving again to change the boney structure. But it’s worth it! 😊
@antonellamicheli10824 жыл бұрын
@@cityosteopaths2726 thanku...when i started ballroom dancingi started getting pain2 years ago...now i do a lot of massage less dancing,it i s better ..now i have started toe abductions.. etc...i
@antonellamicheli10824 жыл бұрын
yes i can move my toe with my fingers...
@cityosteopaths27264 жыл бұрын
Hi Antonia, that’s great you can move your toe gently with your fingers. The high heels for your ballroom dancing will probably be exacerbating your bunion/toe stiffness and pain. I recommend you work on the exercises gently, especially toe abduction and reduce the high heels as much as possible. Best wishes, Melanie Young, Reg Osteopath