Bunions
Bunions are a problem when the big toe joint becomes enlarged and often painful. It usually get enlarged when the big toe is pushed over towards the smaller toes, usually by shoes. This causes the big toe joint to be more prominent. This is what a bunion is. However, shoes are not totally to blame, as non-shoe wearing population (eg in some areas of Africa) still get bunions. However, their bunions are never bad and never seem to get painful. The role of footwear, seems to be to make bunions worse and provide them some resistance that makes them painful.
