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Walk in Sneakers 2 Weeks After Bunion Surgery!

12 Apr 2026 · 0 min

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A surgeon shows how patients walk in regular sneakers just two weeks after bunion surgery using the HyperFlex technique. Weight-bearing starts immediately, and patients ditch the surgical shoe within days to weeks. The practice skips opioid painkillers entirely, using non-opioid pain control instead.

I have my patients walk immediately and they walked immediately in either a protective shoe for as little as 3 days or as much as 2 weeks. But every single patient that I've operated on with HyperFlex has been in a sneaker by 2 weeks post-surgical, which is also a big advantage. We've just stayed away from opioids. And in fact, I don't give my patients a prescription at all for pain medication.

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