Research is starting to reveal that early weightbearing, physical therapy, or both after hallux valgus surgery is not as risky as some practitioners once thought, and such new postoperative protocols appear to be associated with improved outcomes. By Barbara Boughton Although bunion surgery is often effective at correcting underlying bone deformities, patients are frequently frustrated with the postoperative recovery—which can involve prolonged pain, swelling or periods of nonweightbearing in a cast or boot
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Bunion surgery: Evolution of postoperative protocols