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Abstract

A bandage includes a longitudinal elastic strip, which has a center region, and wherein a first flap extends substantially at right angles outwardly in one direction from the longitudinal strip near one end thereof. The first flap has an inner side, and is formed with a substantially V-shaped notch. A padding is provided on the inner side of the first flap, and a second flap extends outwardly near the one end of the strip in a direction opposite to the one direction. A first Velcro.TM. patch is provided on the outer side of the first flap, and a second Velcro.TM. patch is provided on the inner side of the second flap, the strip having an end region opposite to the one end. The V-shaped notch faces the end region. A third Velcro.TM. patch is provided at the center region of the strip on an outer side thereof, and a fourth Velcro.TM. patch is provided at the end region of the strip on an inner side thereof. Hence the first flap may be attached to the second flap, while looping around the hallux, so that an apex of the V-shaped notch faces the second toe, permitting the strip to be wrapped 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 the end region of the strip may be attached to the strip's center region, thereby forcing the big toe outwardly, and relieving bunion pain.

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