Arthritis in feet

Weefinn

I was recently referred to an orthopaedic surgeon because I have a large bunion on my L foot. He told me he’d not consider surgery on that because the X-rays showed that 2 joints in the middle of that foot have such degeneration from arthritis that they’ve effectively disappeared. I imagine my R foot (not X-rayed) is even worse, because I get more twinges in that one - but not real pain meantime in either foot, and I’m very mobile, specially since THR on R hip in 2020. The advice seems to be to just keep walking as much as I do at present, but I have a horrible mental image of my feet just collapsing at some point if the joints are so badly degenerated. Any tips from the community?

noddingtonpete

Hello @Weefinn and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I see that you have arthritis in your feet - have a look through the following from our website which might be of help.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis-oa-of-the-foot-and-ankle/

It is good that you are not in any real pain and yes exercise will help, see the following

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-toes-feet-and-ankles/

Please keep posting and let us know how you are getting on.

Best wishes

Peter