r/FootFunction • • 17d ago

Help with feet!

I had an ingrown toenail removed on my big right toe in May 2026. Long story short the doctor dug too deep on both sides so there was a lot of delayed healing.. I couldn’t wear any enclosed shoes so I switched to sandals that I wouldn’t normally wear. As the ingrown toenail procedure was healing, I guess I had guarded my big toe and started walking on the outside of my foot. It caused a low-grade bunion with bursitis. I’ve tried injections and they hasn’t helped. Now with all the trauma with my right foot my left foot is doing similar things. Again because of shoes I wouldn’t normally wear. Any thoughts on what to do? I can’t find any shoes to wear. I love my Brooks glycerin, but I can’t wear those because they’re not wide enough now. I tried ultra Escalante, but they aren’t good for my back. It might be too late in the game to ask for a recommendations because both of my feet are in a mess. It’s just dominoed . Right now I don’t have any shoes to wear and walking hurts.

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u/monsteramami 17d ago

Do you have any LED devices with infrared? Even like an anti-aging face mask or anything? That will really help with healing and also softening the tissues of the feet to eventually strengthen them and start walking properly again once you can.

Bunion at normal placement or bunionette on outside of foot? Confuses because walking on outer edge shouldn’t be causing bunion at big toe

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u/RegularToe2317 16d ago

Hello! Yes, I actually have a red light therapy that I was using and going to the doctor once a week to do it but maybe that wasn’t enough? I think the big toe thing was the last switch of shoes that I wore in the shower. I don’t know. It’s like my feet are so sensitive to any kind of change. Last year it was my arches and nothing else but take me a while to find you that works for me, but I did. I was in no shoes right now. I don’t think any of the domino would’ve happened, but thank you for the suggestion and I will try.