Dealing with a bunion is frustrating enough, but if it’s causing your toes to crowd or cross over one another, it can be even more painful and difficult to manage. If you’re noticing overlapping toes due to a bunion, you’re not alone, and there are solutions available.
At The Bunion Cure, we treat bunions and the complications that often come with them, including overlapping toes. Let’s walk through why this happens, what it means for your foot health, and how you can fix it, without putting your life on hold.
Overlapping toes occur when one toe shifts out of alignment and crosses over or under a neighboring toe. While this can happen on its own, it’s often triggered—or worsened—by a bunion.
A bunion is a misalignment of the big toe joint. As the big toe shifts inward toward the second toe, it pushes neighboring toes out of place. Over time, this pressure can lead to the second or third toe overlapping or underlapping, sometimes even forming a rigid deformity that makes shoes painful to wear.
Other contributing factors include:
While overlapping toes may start as a cosmetic concern, they often become painful and restrictive if left untreated. You may begin to notice:
The longer the condition goes untreated, the harder it becomes to correct without surgical intervention.
If you’re in the early stages of overlapping toes caused by a bunion, a few conservative strategies can offer short-term relief. These include:
While these methods can help manage discomfort, they do not fix the underlying structural issue that’s causing the toe misalignment.
At The Bunion Cure, we offer a modern approach to treating bunions—and the overlapping toes they can cause. Our minimally invasive bunion surgery realigns the bones at the source of the deformity without large incisions, screws, or plates.
Benefits of our procedure include:
By correcting the alignment of the big toe, our surgery relieves the pressure that leads to overlapping toes. In many cases, once the bunion is corrected, the neighboring toes are able to return to a more natural position, without additional surgical work.
If you’re struggling with overlapping toes caused by a bunion, don’t wait for the pain to get worse. The sooner you address it, the easier it is to fix.
Schedule your free consultation with The Bunion Cure today and learn how our minimally invasive procedure can help you walk comfortably, look better, and feel your best.