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One possible cause of bunions (hallux valgus) is a structural compensation due to an inability to genuinely pronate the foot.

When you lack true internal rotation at the hip or shin (tibia), your body still needs a way to absorb force and lower its center of gravity. To compensate, it buckles the foot inward. This causes the outside edge of the foot (the 5th metatarsal head) to lift off the floor, dumping repetitive pressure directly onto the inside edge of the foot and the base of the big toe (the 1st metatarsal head).

Over time, to accommodate this excessive weight-bearing stress, the body may form additional bone around the big toe joint, creating the bony prominence known as a bunion. This presents visually as the big toe drifting toward the other toes. This biomechanical model also associates bunion formation with limited hip abduction and femoral external rotation higher up the kinetic chain.

To reduce excessive loading of the big toe, the goal is to restore genuine internal rotation at the hip and tibia and retrain the foot to pronate correctly- allowing the arch to lower while keeping both the base of the big toe and the base of the pinky toe firmly in contact with the ground.

Two intensive days of advanced biomechanics workshop training - a reminder that effective therapeutic work always begins with understanding movement❗️

Tik Jūs galite pakeisti skausmo priežastį ❗️

Pronated Feet - The "Poor Victim" Principle

Pronated Feet - The Yielding & Absorbing Foot