09/01/2020
There’s a silent danger with bunions that don’t look like bunions… meaning you don’t have that classic “big bump” on the side of your foot, but rather just a little on on the top… it’s called Hallux Limitus.
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This problem starts early in life because of the genetic inheritance of a foot structure, trauma, or years of wear and tear on a bad joint. When the joint is predisposed to this kind of bunion problem, the cartilage of the surface is slowly worn out, and this spells disaster. Once the cartilage is gone, we can’t bring it back.
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This is why we’ve dedicated the past 20 years to developing procedures that allow our doctors to intervene early and prevent the wear and tear of the first metatarsal joint, and ultimately save the cartilage and prevent a limited, painful experience.
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Hallux limitus correction is similar to bunion correction in that the joint is repositioned, the end result of this is better range of motion… which you can imagine has HUGE implications in the ability to dance, do yoga or wear high heel shoes!
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As you can see in the diagrams, the jamming of the joint causes arthritis in the joint and limited range of motion. This becomes painful and debilitating.
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Luckily, we have a solution for this kind of problem. Here is an example of a case performed by one of our surgeons,
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This patient had a painful, limited first metatarsal. After the surgical correction you can see the increased range of motion of the great toe. The recovery for this procedure is similar to an average evo bunion correction: 2 weeks of surgical shoes followed by a 2 week transition to normal walking in athletic shoes.
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And of course, all of our procedures are closed with hidden plastic surgical closure first developed by our founding surgeon in 2001.
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Come and see for yourself the difference of the evo experience... connect with our patient concierge to make and appointment with or our founder
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We’re looking forward to meeting you and resolving your foot problem!
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