Reducing the pain of bunions

Other than surgery, is there anything I can do to improve them and reduce some of the pain they cause?
>>Bunions, as you have found, can be very painful and cause a lot of discomfort. A bunion or hallux valgus is a deformity of the joint at the base of the big toe. With adolescents or young adults there is often a family history. It is more common in females and occurs most frequently in the sixth decade of life.