Bunions Explored w/ Tom Williams
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Bony Growth Isn't What You Think It Is
The only reason that you start to get a bone growth there is within your body. There's a thing called loss law, essentially wherever you put force across bone, but new bone gets laid down. And because that part of the metatarsal head isn't normally taking on that sort of load, it has to reinforce its surface. The only way to really do that is to lay down more bone, which can then lead to bony growth in that spot. But like you said, initially, and for the most part, the bony is not bony growth. That's not what it starts as.
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