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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.wddty.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Birdseye: Health Tips from the Blogosphere : bunions</title><link>http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/tags/bunions/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: bunions</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)</generator><item><title>Bunions: 5 tips to ease the pain</title><link>http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/2008/01/22/Bunions_3A00_-5-tips-to-ease-the-pain.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e6c67f3d-bf7b-4201-a2c0-6e02384b9f98:2904</guid><dc:creator>Birdseye</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/comments/2904.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2904</wfw:commentRss><description>There are several things you can do to ease the pain of bunions, before you consider more drastic measures such as surgery.&amp;nbsp; These five suggestions are taken from the February 2008 issue of &lt;a href="http://www.wddtyhealthshop.com/products.asp?recnumber=246"&gt;What Doctors Don&amp;#39;t Tell You&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cushion the bunion and wear roomy shoes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use anti-inflammatory herbs such as chamomile, ginger and Arnica&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Soak the foot in warm water or apply ice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Try ultrasound therapy (J Manip Physiol Ther, 1991; 14: 527&amp;ndash;9)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Try acupuncture or deep-friction massage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Do you have any further suggestions for easing bunion pain?&amp;nbsp; Please post your comments below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://community.wddty.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2904" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/tags/acupuncture/default.aspx">acupuncture</category><category domain="http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/tags/herbs/default.aspx">herbs</category><category domain="http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/tags/bunions/default.aspx">bunions</category><category domain="http://community.wddty.com/blogs/birdseye/archive/tags/ultrasound/default.aspx">ultrasound</category></item></channel></rss>