About the heriditability aspect...
I'm not a podiatrician, but I know that recent research seems to suggest that at heriditary aspects may contribute at least to bunions (hallux valgus) in people under 60.
A collegue of mine (an orthopedic surgeon) told me hallux valgus in children definitely runs in SOME families en is than heridited through the mother with an uneven penetration of about 70 %.
But like also in my domain of medicine... I'm sure that both genetics and environmental factors come into play here...
What is inherited is probably a weaker/predisposing bone structure , that through the use of high heels and/or shoes with a narrow toe-case leads to the deformation. (predisposing bone structure: bigger angle between first and second metatarsal, sometimes accompanied by an additional articulation between the bases of the two metatarsals, as my collegue explaned me.)
I'm not a podiatrician, but I know that recent research seems to suggest that at heriditary aspects may contribute at least to bunions (hallux valgus) in people under 60.
A collegue of mine (an orthopedic surgeon) told me hallux valgus in children definitely runs in SOME families en is than heridited through the mother with an uneven penetration of about 70 %.
But like also in my domain of medicine... I'm sure that both genetics and environmental factors come into play here...
What is inherited is probably a weaker/predisposing bone structure , that through the use of high heels and/or shoes with a narrow toe-case leads to the deformation. (predisposing bone structure: bigger angle between first and second metatarsal, sometimes accompanied by an additional articulation between the bases of the two metatarsals, as my collegue explaned me.)