I’ve had 2 bunion surgeries and a broken ankle. Similar boot all 3 times. Trust me, if your doctor tells you you have to wear it out of the house, your foot is still healing and you are still in pain. I always use crutches or a cane for stability when wearing it out of the house. (And a walker in the house.). It’s hard to find a shoe for the other foot that is the same height as the boot. If you don’t, your gait is lopsided and then you start to have back pain. I do not for one minute believe there is a physical reason for her to have a boot on.
THanks for the personal experience. I would assume so for sure, that if an injury or recuperating from surgery requires a boot, the person wearing it would also be limping, requiring a crutch or walker, not getting out and about so much and so on.
I got a ‘transit chair’ with my break, and never used crutches one single day. It’s a small mobile wheelchair. Life saver.