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I am 36 male with flat feet and bunions, sometimes when i walk i get a shooting pain, what can i do about it without surgury?
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Medication: This kind of pain can be from many things. Antiinflammatory meds may help relieve swelling (if any). You may want to try custom inserts for your shoes to off load pressure area or restrict excess motion in your foot. Physical therapy may help as well. Good luck!
Answered 6/1/2013
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Pressure relief: I assume you are talking about a shooting pain in your big toe area. This can be caused by the way the shoe rubs over the nerve as the nerve travels over the bunion bump on its way to the end of your toe. Make sure wide shoe does not have seam in that area. Doughnut-type pad may be helpful. Arch support/foot orhtotic may decrease pressure from motion. Ice and topicals to alleviate.
Answered 3/28/2016
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Treatment: Normally shooting type pains are nerve related. Could try wider soes, steroid injection, padding or nsaids.
Answered 6/2/2013
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