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Originally posted by elisa:
I had bunion surgery about 2 months ago. it was extensive where they had to cut the bone and i was on crutches for over 7 weeks. my foot has some joint pain now. but i am not able to move my big to joint down at all. it is stiff as a board. does anyone know if this will go back to normal or not? my dr. doesn't seem to be very optomistic about it. |
It depends why it won't bend down. (It's more important to bend up anyways). It is common for the soft tissue around a joint to contract after surgery, and you will lose motion. The toe can be very stiff initially and often 6 months later, sometime longer, the motion will be fine. But stretching exercises should be done. On the other hand, sometimes it won't bend because of a structural problem with the bone/joint. It it looks good on x-ray, then give it time, and stretch.
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