A new study has revealed the negatives of wearing high-heels as it could lead to knee problems later in life.
9 out of 10 wearers of high-heels report associated soreness, fatigue, numbness and bunions when wearing such footwear.
The Lows of Wearing High Heels
Though women get a high when they wear high heels, a recent hi-tech technology has shown its bad effects using for the first time a 3D scan of a female foot in high heels.
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Yaodong Gu, Yan Zhang and Wenwen Shen of the Faculty of Sports Science, at Ningbo University, in Zhejiang, China, have shown that there are long-term risks for wearers of high-heels who find themselves regularly having to run.
The team measured the hip and ankle movements in young women running in different types of footwear - flat shoes heel (15 mm heel), low heel (45 mm) and high heels (70 mm).
![When Do High Heels Begin to Hurt?]( "When Do High Heels Begin to Hurt?")
Wearing high heels does give women a high, only till it starts hurting. Is there a way to know how long it takes before it begins to hurt?
They observed an increased motion of range of knee abduction-adduction and hip flexion-extension while the volunteers where running in high heels.
This, they explain, could induce high loading forces on knee joints. Moreover, they observed a decrease in ankle movement and inversion while running that correlated with heel height, which would be linked to a greater risk of sprain.
The researchers suggest that the higher the heel the greater the risk of an ankle sprain if running.
A study has been published in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.
Source: ANI
When Do High Heels Begin to Hurt?
Wearing high heels does give women a high, only till it starts hurting. Is there a way to know how long it takes before it begins to hurt?
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They observed an increased motion of range of knee abduction-adduction and hip flexion-extension while the volunteers where running in high heels.
This, they explain, could induce high loading forces on knee joints. Moreover, they observed a decrease in ankle movement and inversion while running that correlated with heel height, which would be linked to a greater risk of sprain.
The researchers suggest that the higher the heel the greater the risk of an ankle sprain if running.
A study has been published in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.
Source: ANI
High Heels Alter Position and Function of Your Feet
Bethesda-based podiatrist, Michael Liebow has said that wearing high heels could alter the position of a woman's foot.
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