You deserve a medal for precise concise info in 2 mins. Heroes.

Excellence by simplicity. No need of 15 minutes video, surgeon explaining the anatomy and what happens. Just necessary corrections and reasons for under 2 minutes. Thank You!

An excellent video, & some very useful advice, thank you once again.

Short and to the point. Thank you!

Thank you so much!. This has really helped a lot with my Bunion Pain. You're a Godsend!.

Short and to the point! Thank you ❤❤

Perfect!! Short and sweet. Got right to the point!

Love your videos, thanks for posting them!

This is an excellent video. I have been treated by Dr. Ray and his advice, using these techniques, has worked in eliminating my bunion pain and straightening my big toes. Thank you!

That has hot to be the most information I've gotten in lrss than two minutes of any video I've ever watched. Wow, thank you!

Great straightforward video and very informative.

Thank you for sharing. This means much to people who suffer and don't even have a clue why or what. Personally my feet always hurt and fatigue was what i thought. With little Google help turns out all my life wore wrong size shoes and my toes all have their own places to go but straight. Thanks for video

Thanks for getting to the point.

Thank goodness, a useful video.

Thank you so much! This was perfect! Concise and so helpful!!!

I have crooked/bent in big toe from tight fitting work shoes and running shoes but i also have a slight twist clockwise ive not found any information about fixing a twisted and bent big toes should i just strech outwards and anticlockwise to counter act this problem,also thanks for these videos im learning lots from them.

Spent years with happy feet in flip-flops and sandals in a warm climate, and now in normal shoes, and cold climate have this p. fasciitis and sore toes problems. Thanks for this advice.

I felt out of place for 20 years. But after watching this video. U healed me🙏🏾

Thank you sooooo much for this very clear, concise and useful information!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The massage step did it for me, thank you.

The best video...teacher

Great info great video. Thx😎✌♥️

These bunion videos from Northwest Foot & Ankle really make sense to me! Finally! I thought my bunions came from my grandmother and there was nothing I could do but to get surgery someday.... I'me gonna order Correctoes but I need your advice on shoes brands to browse that ship to Europe! I live in Portugal. Plus... minimal shoes in my office are a big No. So Im looking for everyday shoes that respect my feet and some gym shoes as well.. Thank you in advance!

Thank you so much for the helping me 🙂. God bless you. 🙏❤️👌

Thank you... How would you correct the second toe that overlapping on top of the big toe that has the bunion?

I never thought about a trigger point. But now that I do, tonight I begin attacking the problem and getting back on my feet, no pun intended. Many thanks, glad your video was available.

So if I do those exercises it will go back on its place?? Got the separators and only taking it off when showering or out of the house.. thank you for sharing this short and great video.

Being a climbing and needing to fit it to pretty small/tight shoes I've been dealing with pain from a bunion in my left big toe pretty much since I started climbing. I got shoes that were a bit bigger to make room but am going to give these exercises a try. Any other climbers dealing with similar pain report back here in 6 months or so and I'll let you know how I'm doing. Edit: I've tried these exercises regularly for a while but i think what i realized is there is no way to "fix" a bunion without surgery- as a bunion is a dislocation of the joints or permanent damage in my case. It could be arthritic which is what i believe mine is (arthritis runs in my family) but what does work well for me is I have been using silicone gel inserts for in between your toes. So my recommendations as a climber suffering from bunions , as i spent the past year+ trying to remedy mine, Get some gel inserts and/or toe spacers that are comfy, I wear a big toe spacer when i climb. Don't leave climbing shoes on when you aren't climbing. I try to keep mine on only when im climbing. Get barefoot wide shoes and only wear these, no more tight running shoes. Get socks with toes so your socks dont squeeze your foot . Work on stretching the foot and spreading your toes. Hopefully this will help prevent ever needing surgery in the future and make my bunion tolerable.

Perfectly consise!!!! Thank you

This helped a lot 👍

Wow, I just discovered your channel. I will try this. God bless

thank you this advice does help

Thx. I’m 60yrs old and have a big bad bunion on my right foot. I plan on walking the Appalachian Trail April 2022. I need to get busy with these exercises.

Is it worth sizing up on Correct Toes? Even with the recommended splint for bunions inserted in the largest slot in my Correct Toes, I find that my hallux still tracks toward my second toe, because I have a large space between the first and second toes. I've been wearing CT's for 9 mo. and my progress for bunion correction has stalled. Thanks!

Lol the tan in that foot!

Can you please recommend what shoes to buy.I cannot find ones that look like the one you showed

This really works wonders I saw results within a month

I DON'T HAve pain when I don't wear shoes fact I have found a pair of trainers that are light and have a wide toe box but my left foot is HARD TO GET IN BECAUSE THE SECOND toe is bent to the right and.. My right foot is flat and...my left HAS a high arch. This is acquired about 4 yrs ago, thanks for your time and patience

how many months will it take to treat this bunion & have things back to looking normal & straight?

I have that , I do wear a straightner , only for a short while , because after a while i do notice that the bone in the large toe does start hurting . Do I just wear this for short periods of time ?? Thank you .

Excellent information..

Vou começar a fazer. Alguns exercícios. Pois eu sinto muita dor no dedão

Great video

I’m so impressed by how much those feet can stretch

great video

I used the pool pass bracelet from an apartment complex for the band to hook around the big toes. Cheap & effective!

Im so relieved i have found this. Im in severe pain I have bunions for years I broke my second toe and it ended up as a bendy fracture Which after a few years pushed the toe towards the other toes which made my bunions very painful I have hope Thank you

Thats Amazing 😊🦋🐛🥀🙏

I’m going try this!!!!

I ordered Correct Toes several months ago & have found them to be the best device to wear daily. Will also try these exercises! Thanks!

good video. i have bunion and was considering surgerybut before i do i will try the exercise. thank you.

Good luck with that. You will need it. A lot of luck.

It might work for a mild problem. Unfortunately, it does not work if you have a severe bunion problem in addition to flat foot.

"increase alignment" By how much after how long? Would be great to cite scientific studies or at least provide video/photo/x-ray of somebody claiming to have done such exercises before/after.

I'm curious why the melding together of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal was not addressed? Also, the use of the big, blue, soft MELT ball is the correct ball to use for your last exercise.

Thank you!😊❤

@Northwest Foot & Ankle Just *watching* this makes my bunion hurt! Anything that pulls on the big toe causes deep aches in the joint, which lasts for several hours. For instance, I cannot wear any sandals with a toe loop or straps that criss-cross over that big toe. I've started using Correct Toes a few days ago and that doesn't seem to bother it, as it's a gentle stretch at this time. I'll add the material into the slot after three months as your site suggests, but in the meantime was hoping to try this bunion reversal exercise. Not sure if I can, due to pain. 😬

You are soo good

Will this actually permanently align the toes?

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would love links to products

I developed this problem after working in a factory, where I had to spend a lot of time in closed and uncomfortable shoes. I suffered for many years, but Depanten helped me deal with it. It comes in the form of a gel, has a cooling and pain-relieving effect, and eventually reduces swelling and irritation. My bump became significantly smaller and doesn't bother me as much as before. I bought it in Romania.

I look forward to your videos! Keep up the good work. You've changed my life, Dr. Ray!

OK its like I have an habit of doing that with my middle toes and now they are spread away so how can I get them together back my OK it like my big toes and my second toe is together but the other is spread away to the other one idk what shall I do I knew the changes because of how it felt and looked

I sure wish I had known this before I had my bunion repair😢 I had 4 months of rehab, about 2 months of it in a cast, then boot.

Omygosh! Thanks So much!

Very helpful thank you.

links for the products?

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A fundamental improvement to the most important stretch (0:33 (also affects 1:25)): In order to stretch the adductor hallucis effectively you cannot just bend the big toe outward, you need, with the target foot inverted and resting on the thigh of the opposite leg, to simultaneously hold on to the the other side of the transverse head (by third-fourth-fifth metatarsophalangeal joint)(using your other hand, preferably wearing a dishwashing glove so that you get a good grip). If you don't then the muscle will largely just be pulled along. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_hallucis_muscle

where can i get that thing you were using on the toes that keep all toes in place

I appreciate the video. I had been wearing minimalist “barefoot” shoes for 2 years when I stumbled upon Correct Toes. And videos about reversing bunions. I do not have a first toe bunions, but I do have fifth toe bunions that I would like to correct. I have been wearing correct toes for about 4 months now, but I do not (and have not for a while) think they splay my toes quite wide enough, even with additional foam in the fifth toe spacer. I’m really not seeing much progress on actually reversing the bunion, but my toes are certainly more flexible than they were. In other words I do see benefits, just not the particular benefit I was hoping for. Are there any other options to splay my toes a bit wider? I have found socks that do, but they are meant for rest and not day wear. Any thoughts would be appreciated if you have the time. Thank you.

Thanks great vid BUT No mention re the link to ankle mobility also being a factor in the misalignment - doing this combined with ankle strengthening exercises have helped me

Is it possible that i have the same issue where my toe is bending or leaning to the other fingers without having any sort of pain? Because in my case (my right food for instance) the toe is leaning a bit to the right, same problem with the other foot, but no pain whatsoever 😅 .. and thankyou so much for uploading this i will make it a habit of exercising these ☺️ appreciate it.

Cool Ty I'll try it

Thank you will try this 👍

I have a mild bunion on my right foot. Will this reverse the bump or the whole bunion? I might be starting one on my left foot as well.

How long do you hold the stretches and how frequently do you do them?

Please explain the purpose of tractioning the hallux. Thank you

Can you do one for the fifth toe please. I have pretty severe brunettes on both feet and my physician is sending me to see a surgeon. It's caused my feet to be super wide and the pinky on a great angle inward. Can this be fixed without surgery? Will that fifth metatarsal ever move back closer to the fourth or will my feet forever (without surgery) be this wide?

Is there an online store I can buy shoes like that?? I really want a pair. Those shoes are pretty uncommon. I live in Canada..not sure where to look

I had this for almost 9 years and im 16

I don't wear tight shoes but my toe was starting to move over so at night I slept with my heel on the other foot,between the big toe and the next toe, spreading the big toe outward and it kept it from slanting inward, straightening it up over time.

Thank you

For how long and how often should we use these exercises to help the alignment on our big toe?

Hmmm... when talking about strengthening the adductor, she didn't mention the arch. For me, plantar fasciitis has been the largest contributor to big-toe misalignment and strengthening the muscles from arch right thru to the hip essential.

Hi! Can you tell me where I can get the resistance band and massage ball used at 1:34? Thank you :) Best, A.

Is it actually possible to reverse a mild bunion that is not so noticeable? Or once there is a small bump the most I can do is preventing it from worsening?

You have a foot where the hallux is still here while gone on the other. I'm the same. My right foot corrected quite fast (few month at most), but i'm working on my left foot since 2 years now and things are hawfully slow. When I go to osteopaths, they often see some issues with cuboïd bone. I had a severe ankle flip on this foot when I was young too. I guess I'm going to make some video footage for Dr Ray, he might have some idea, because I my opinion is that something else is in the way to recovery, influenceing from distance. Something might be wrong somewhere else in my foot/ankle, that's a complexe structure anyway. Would be great if DR Ray could try to figure out some more complicated problems

I have two bunions. They're pretty big in size. Saw two podiatrists: one recommended surgery, the 2nd one did not. If I do these excerises, will my bunions decrease in size?

I have a device to help me straighten my toe. Should i squeeze it on my feet untim i start feeling pain that endures?

I could watch her and her two friends for hours.

i’ve been wearing toe separators since christmas because i have a mild bunion and i’m only 12 years old. will the toe seperators push the bone back in?

My shoes have mostly been wide toed. Did a LOT of walking last summer over about three weeks, and on the last day, boom, massive pain and whatvappeared to be a bunion. But arent they supposed to be an over time thing? Pains gone, but the "ball" on that join is sticking out, a lot.

I'm a dancer and baton twirler! Our shoes stink for adequately allowing the foot to perform! And barefoot is unfortunately not an option due to practice on pavement. Then,I work in an industrial environment and sometimes need to wear steel toe boots! Ugh. And mine are curled up in the toes.

So you don't need surgery to fix this sometimes?

how time must to be good

My brother had hallux too and he got some bandages from doctor to fix it. He wore them at night, but it didn't worked and it also caused him pain, so after a long time he gave up on them and he bought himself shoes with fingers. And he says, that it helped, so it may be a way too. :)

How long should each of the exercises be performed? And im guessing everyday?

Very helpful. Boy your feet sure look good. I've got a ways to go.