Wearing High Heels Could Leave You Weak in the Knees

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.

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).

They observed an increased motion of range of knee abduction-adduction and hip flexion-extension while the volunteers where running in high heels.

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?

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.

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.

A study has been published in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

Source-ANI