I have pain in my right foot at the ball. I have had bunion removed twice now. In the xrays there looks to be pads under the joints to cushion your feet. These pads have seemed to have shifted and are now not where there doing there job. Am I right to say these are some sort of padding in the foot that helps to protect the bones and if so is anything that can be done to repair this problem. I blame it on the bunion and shifting of the bones to cause this problem.