Bandage to reduce bunion pain therewith

A bandage, particularly for relief of bunion pain, comprising in combination,

• a longitudinal elastic strip having a center region,
• a first flap extending substantially at right angles outwardly in one direction from said longitudinal strip near one end thereof, having an inner side, and being formed with a substantially V-shaped notch,
• tissue protection means provided on the inner side of said first flap,
• a second flap extending outwardly near said one end of said strip in a direction opposite to said one direction,
• first attachment means provided on at least one of said flaps so that said one of said flaps is attachable to the other of said flaps, while forming a loop therewith,
• said strip having an end region opposite to said one end, said V-shaped notch facing said end region, said regions being separated from one another by a predetermined spacing, and
• second attachment means provided at least on one of said regions for attaching said end region to said center region,
• whereby said first flap is attachable to said second flap by said first attachment means, while looping around the hallux so that an apex of said V-shaped notch faces the second toe, permitting the strip to be wrapped dorsally around the posterior aspect of the calcaneous, thereafter to pass dorsally near the mid tarsal joint, and be wrapped around the lateral aspect, so that said end region of said strip may be attached to said strip center region by said second attachment means,
• the spacing of said regions from one another being chosen so that the elastic strip, when under tension, opposes valgus forces acting on the hallux, and when the bandage is operatively applied to the foot of a patient, and separates the hallux from the second toe, while said tissue protection means protects any inflamed area of the first metatarsal joint even while said valgus forces act on the hallux, and substantially reduces bunion pain.