Everyone knows the big-toe bunion; few know its little-toe sibling. Patients with a painful tailor's bunion often don't realize it's a named, treatable deformity. A bunionette poster gives it a name and a treatment path.
What to show
- The deformity: fifth metatarsal head prominence and the tailor's sitting posture that named it.
- Why it hurts: shoe pressure, bursitis, and the biomechanics of a splayed forefoot.
- Conservative care: wider toe boxes, padding, orthotics, and injection options.
- Surgical correction: fifth metatarsal osteotomy — smaller bone, smaller procedure, explained plainly.
Naming the pain
Half the value is vocabulary — a patient who can say "bunionette" instead of "that bump on my little toe" is a patient ready for a treatment plan.
Pair with bunion education in our biomechanics, deformity & orthotics collection.
Placement
Exam rooms where forefoot deformities are evaluated. Three sizes, printed on demand.