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Old 04-15-25 | 12:01 PM
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Tailors Bunion

anyone have surgery for tailors bunion?If so how did it go
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Old 04-16-25 | 05:33 PM
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I have known people who had the surgery, The outcome was generally good, but the recovery is not trivial (much like regular bunion surgery). Part of the bone is excised, and that is painful and takes a while to heal.
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Originally Posted by bnelson
anyone have surgery for tailors bunion?If so how did it go
how severe is yours? got an X-ray?
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While I have tailors bunions and the start of regular bunions on both feet, I have not had surgery and don't intend to. It's my understanding that the bunions can come back after surgery if one doesn't determine the underlying cause of them in the first place. I personally blame shoes for my bunions as I have very wide feet and it wasn't until the last few years when minimalist / barefoot shoes became a thing that I could finally buy shoes that didn't crush my toes together. Cycling shoes are almost all designed with toe-crushing toe boxes and my toes hate them.


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The shoes I have been wearing for several years now are the Shimano SH-RP100. When I got them, they were advertised as a wider cycling shoe (although now I don’t see “wide/wider” on any of the search returns for them). I normally wear size 13 (US), and like a bit more width. I had Morton’s Neuroma and they did relieve the pressure that caused that discomfort. It looks like now that they’re billed as indoor spinning shoes. And they may not be the quality you’re looking for. But, they’ve been good for me as a road shoe. Also…have you considered using one of those splints to correct the bunion? — Dan
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The shoes I have been wearing for several years now are the Shimano SH-RP100. When I got them, they were advertised as a wider cycling shoe (although now I don’t see “wide/wider” on any of the search returns for them).
Note that when most shoe companies advertise their shoes as "wide", such as Shimano, the shoe is only slightly wider across the ball of the foot via a little extra material in the upper. The sole (last) of the shoe is typically the same width as the regular width shoe. The shoe then narrows radically in the toe box which is where the bunion forming issue is. The inner (big toe) and outer (little toe) suffer the most from pointy toe box shoes because it's those toes that get forced inward and can't straighten-out in the shoe... causing a bunion over the years.

I, too, have a Morton's neuroma in my left foot and the only way I get lasting relief is to either go barefoot or wear very minimalist sandals so that the shoe isn't compressing my toes together and causing the pain.
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Originally Posted by PoorInRichfield
I, too, have a Morton's neuroma in my left foot and the only way I get lasting relief is to either go barefoot or wear very minimalist sandals so that the shoe isn't compressing my toes together and causing the pain.
I was running more when I developed the MN. Eventually I had surgery to remove the nerve causing it. Before the surgery, I would modify my running shoes simply by cutting a 3-4 inch slit with a razor blade right where the upper and sole meet, and thereby allowing my foot to ‘splay’ out more. I suppose it’d work on cycling shoes too. Not necessarily what you want to do with expensive shoes…but it worked.

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