Poorly fitting shoes can contribute towards the development of bunions. Bunions can lead to other problems such as serious infections.

A bunion is malformation of the first metatarsal-phalangeal joint of the big toe. Bunions can be hereditary or brought on by biomechanical disfunction or by ill-fitting footwear.

Bunions can very in their severity from minor swelling of the joint to major dislocation of the joint.