Climbing After Bunionectomy?

[Melissa]

Has anyone ever had the surgery? How long did it take to recover? Did it help
your climbing in the long run? Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?

[Ryan Pfleger]

Post by Melissa
Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?

If long slab and edging routes leave me limping... does that mean I have
bunions?

Ryan

[Sunshine McGillicutty]

Post by Ryan Pfleger
If long slab and edging routes leave me limping... does that mean I have
bunions?

You could just be a weakling with lousy footwork.

DMT

[Ryan Pfleger]

Post by Sunshine McGillicutty

Post by Ryan Pfleger
If long slab and edging routes leave me limping... does that mean I have
bunions?

You could just be a weakling with lousy footwork.
DMT

Obviously...

[MarkW]

Post by Melissa
Has anyone ever had the surgery? How long did it take to recover? Did it help
your climbing in the long run? Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?

My wife has had the surgery on both feet (at different times). It was 6-8
weeks after the surgery before she could climb. It was at least a month or
two after that before her feet didn't hurt while climbing.

Years later, now, she is far more comfortable in climbing shoes. She's into
cragging, not long routes. So I can't really answer your question about
"long" routes.

MarkW

[Michael A. Riches]

Post by Melissa
Has anyone ever had the surgery? How long did it take to recover? Did it help
your climbing in the long run? Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?

It helped me immensely. I didn't have a bunion, per se, but had two bone
spurs on two different toes that were being forced together by my shoes.
As the spurs grew, the pain, with any kind of shoe on, became almost
unbearable. It got to a point that I couldn't wear climbing shoes.

It took maybe four or five weeks, after the surgery, before I could
think about climbing again, but it was and still is well worth it in my
book.

Ratzzz...

[Russ Walling]

Post by Melissa
Has anyone ever had the surgery? How long did it take to recover? Did it help
your climbing in the long run? Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?

I think Herzog has a limp......

Russ

[Travis]

I had the surgery twice on my left foot-1987 (the first surgery didn't
correct enough so I needed some more correction after 11 years-1998) and
once on my right foot-1987. I was 18 when I first had the surgery and not a
climber. I was 29 when I had my left operated on the second time, and I was
climbing after two months. I wanted to give myself plenty of time to heal.
It has been 6 years since I had the surgery and I have climbed a
lot-although not lately-without any issues from the surgery. I would highly
recommend it as it restores the alignment of your body. Hope this helps.

Travis

Post by Melissa
Has anyone ever had the surgery? How long did it take to recover? Did it help
your climbing in the long run? Did long slab or edging routes still leave you
limping once you were healed?