Facts about bunions

That pain in your foot may be a genetic condition.

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30th June, 2012

A couple of years ago it emerged that Victoria Beckham had bunions, a revelation that women’s magazines and British tabloids recounted with glee, possibly thrilled at the prospect of Becks giving up the heels and being brought down to earth by such an Everyman ailment. Well, she hasn’t given up the heels, but she did help bring bunions out in the open. What is a bunion? It’s a bony lump that forms at the point where the first metatarsal meets the big toe bone, forcing the big toe to bend towards the smaller toes. You can also get deformities on the other toes, called ...

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