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foot pain on the ball of my foot after bunion surgery

by Kelly
(Boston)

I had bunion surgery in June and still having problems walking on my foot.The ball of my foot and pain between the big toe and second toe is really bad...extreme at night time.. and the longer im on it..the worse it gets.The only shoe I can wear is flip-flps and thats not really conducive to Boston winters..I've tried a foot insert from my Pod., and every kind of athletic shoe with no results. My Pod wants to remove the screws from my bunionectomy and the fibural sesamoid bone, based on the location of my pain and my inability of fully press my big toe to the floor. Has ony one else here has the same surgery and with what outcome? Thanks!

Hi Kelly,

It does sound like your pain is from an irritation of the fibular sesamoid bone, BUT, it has only been four months since the surgery so to still have some residual pain is not out of the realm of normal.
Before consenting to more surgery, try some Physical Therapy along with continuing to wear a cushioned orthotic.
If after doing that you see a continued improvement on a weekly basis I would do nothing else. If, however, therapy and orthotics do not begin to relieve your symptoms, then you may have to consider additional procedures.
Marc Mitnick DPM




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Jan 27, 2012
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stinging after surgery
by: Anonymous

I ahd bunion surgery in the middle of Dec. Everything has been going fine until this morning if felt like a bee inside my shoe stinging everytime I took a step. When I removed my shoe it got better. I can not walk around work with no shoe all day. Does anyone else have this problem and what could be causing it. I had a pin put in my right big toe and a v cut out of the bone. The stinging is at the base of my toe a little below the beginning of my incision.

Feb 15, 2010
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Foot pain on the ball of my foot after bion surgery
by: Susan - California

Hi Kelly,

I had surgery on November 20, 2009. Today is February 15, 2010. I had the same surgery and the same painful problem. My pod said it was adhesions in the foot, essentially scar tissue. He gave me a cortisone shot right on the top of the foot where the great toe and second toe meet. That part of my foot was very hard, lumpy and immobile. After that I went directly to physical therapy. It has softened the top of the foot in that area and brought the great and second toe almost to the ground. I also have more feeling in the great toe. It has been a week now and I feel 70% improved. I have also exercised the foot, iced and heated. I continue to message the area to break down the adhesions. I still feel like there is a ball on the bottom when I first step out of bed in the morning. I am hoping to get a second cortisone shot.

Nov 20, 2009
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foot pain after surgery
by: Anonymous

I am now 13 weeks after bunion surgery and I can only walk for about 10 minuites and then the pain starts my heels are painfull and my toes and ball area are so painful I could cry I have tryed inersoles and heel inserts with no improvement I have brought lots of different shoes and trainers and I still have pain. I still have swelling at the side of my foot but no pain in the area or the big toe I can move it ok with no pain is there anyone in the same boat as me.

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