Cocked Toe (pics added)

I'm in exactly the same position. Six weeks post op, my cast was removed last Friday and my big toe doesn't touch the floor either and I'm walking on the side. I have an appointment at the hospital but in March and can't get a Gp appointment until 8 December. I'd like to hear other peoples experiences too.

Hi, I will be 6 weeks post op on Tuesday. I had akin osteotomy so perhaps slightly different. I was worried about my big toe being high up especially when heel walking. However I was given toe exercises to do from the second week which means I can now move my toe and its alignment has gone back to normal. Can you move your toe? I'm surprised you were discharged at 4 weeks! I have appointments at 2 weeks, 6 weeks (for X-ray as well) and 3 months.

The exercises I was given were to rest my foot on my other knee and gently bent the big toe with your hand 10 times. Then with your foot on / near the floor try and close and open your toes, again 10 times, then try and pick up a flannel 10 times. I was told to do these exercises 3 times a day. Initially I was hopeless and my toe was shaking, but now I can do it easily. 

I think it's good you insisted on seeing a physio as you do not want there to be problems with your walk / gait. I hope they can see you soon and put your mind at ease. I honestly think if you're given some exercises the toe will settle down. 

Good luck! 

Hi Beanie. I'm exactly 7 weeks and had pin removed from second toe yesterday evening. I didn't realise until my consultant mentioned it that referral to physio is not automatic (although it is something my consultant does, thankfully). Good that you insisted. Big toe and second toe are very stiff but apparently they'll gain flexibility really quickly. Not sure about yourGP's conviction that the op only creates more problems. From what I've read on this forum, a few people have problems but it looks like the majority don't in the long run. Hope she has not got you worryingunnecessarily.

Hi. I am 6 weeks post op having had both done. I think I it's still early days for us I am confident our toes will calm down. Remember how long our toes were deformed for and let's not lose sight of the fact that probably our muscles and tendons were all tampered with too. My gp was less than supportive, expecting me back full time work after 4 weeks so like you I really don't want to have to see here if I can help it. We have to be patient. We all have different healing times so don't be hard on yourslelf. Good luck xx

I had my other foot done 7 years ago and my toe is like that. No problems walking. I was told I needed to do more wiggling of the toe at the time

I'm 7 weeks post op both feet bunionecotomy plus

metatarsal work...casts removed last Saturday and

both of my big toes are cocked as we've had our feet

bound up in some way or other, mine had been quite

tightly done and I could see they were pointing inwardswhilst they were in the casts, I expect it will take

sometime for them to sort themselves out. Your feet

have taken a bit of a battering and although, like other bunionettes, you're probably feeling thoroughly fed up and wanting to get back to normal feet aren't singing

from the same hymn sheet just yet.

I have also got a toe which is sticking up a bit. I discussed this at 6 week review with consultant when I could stop wearing the special post op footwear. He said that he felt that it would settle with walking and physio. He referred me for physio and made a further appointment to see him in January by which time he felt it would have settled. Unfortunately, there is a waiting list of  approx 6 weeks for physio in my area and I was worried that the linger that the toe was in that position, the more likely that it was that it would stay there. So, I decided to pay for physio. I went to my local Spire hospital as they did bunion ops there and I thought that they would have experience of physio with post bunion surgery. I got an appointment for the day after. It cost me just over £40 for a half hour session and the physio thought that I wouldn't need another session but to contact them again in a month if I did. The exercises are very similar to those described by Bex. I have been doing them for 5 days and I can already see an improvement although it is still a bit raised.  So, I think that this has been well worth it. Doing the exercises, should definitely help and should improve walking and gait which is still not right but improving. I am trying to be aware when I am walking to put down heel first and to bend my foot . Sure that eventually it will become second nature. The main reason that I had the op was because the bunions were causing me to walk really badly and this was causing problems with my knee, hip and back. So definitely keen for this to work. Good luck with getting physio and getting improvement with the toe

I had MIS over a year ago then last December as osteophytes being removed on other foot for arthritis, surgeon decided to take bit more away from the ex-bunion site. At the time the bunion toe was turning upwards from the second joint but the rest of the toe did touch ground.  I was told to bend hard down on the main joint as much as possible and the toe should eventually go completely down.  I do though walk 'properly' which is good.  It will take time apparently,but eventually should go down. Hope this makes sense! Should also add stupidly tore toenail half off which didn't help as stopped the exercises until pain went hence the delay in toe going back down!

Keep exercising and like us all be patient - those tendons take their time!