HEALTH
ARTICLE
Busting Myths
About Health
by Ronelle Wood, M.S./SLP, LMT, CPT-RES
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Are Bunions Hereditary?
e learn by imitation. We learn
how to talk, eat, and walk by
watching what our parents (or
primary caregivers) do. That’s
how we develop the same accent and eating habits and gait patterns they
have. Bunions are not passed from one generation
to the next through our DNA.
Bunions develop as a result of the first metatarsal
bone of the big toe being loaded with weight. Our
skeleton is designed for osteogenesis (making more
bone) as a result of the amount of weight it has to
carry on a regular basis. That is why it is so important to keep your body weight in your heels! Every
time you take a step and your heel strikes first, it
vibrates your entire skeleton and it generates exactly the amount of bone it needs to support your
body weight. When you transfer weight into the
toes of your feet, (high heels, leaning forward when
walking) this tells the bones of your toes that they
need more bone to support all that weight. Poor
toes. They are not designed for that.
An aggravating factor is also generated when you
walk with your feet turned out. The body then
tries to grow an extra toe to support the weight out
in front of you! Here comes this big boney growth
off the joint of your big toe!
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