Back Pain Caused By High Heels
A nice pair of high heels is one of the essential elements of any fashionable wardrobe. This is for the Vogue and stylish women. Brand names that we recognize are Gucci, Steve Madden, Manolo blahnik and Christian Louboutin.
What do these high heels really do? For a women it makes the legs appear longer, the tush will appear to be higher and the calves are going to look and appear sleeker. What they are is a symbol of sex appeal and of course feminine beauty.
The one thing that high heels are to the chiropractors and the orthopedic surgeons are a problem. These shoes are the cause of many of the womens back pains. If you are the slave to fashion, you could find yourself enslaved to have chronic back pain that are due to those 4 inch stilettos.
Women will walk an average of 10,000 steps a day. When in a pair of high heels she is putting one heck of a strain on her back and is also putting her health at risk.
High heels do not allow weight to be distributed equally throughout the entire foot. The high heels cause the body's weight to actually be centered forward on or in the toes. This goes against gravity and nature. It causes stress on the vertebrae of the spine and it causes stress on the muscles.
When women take off their high heels, you will hear a sign of relief. Her whole body will feel as though her sense of true gravity has returned and the back pain has been relieved for now. Soon, when she puts back on her heels, the back pain will come back to haunt her. The pain will come in the form of muscle spasms, soreness and of course stiffness.
The Story of the High Heeled Hell They were originally a way for both men and women to seem taller and show some form of status in high society. Men would were them to keep their feet in the stirrups, women would wear them to help increase their overall beauty. The trend continued for many centuries.
High heels are no longer fashionable for men but they still are for women and has been since the 1500's. Today, high heels are not only associated with youth and high fashion, but with sex as well. Playboy models, runway models and celebrities all still portray this trend. The high heel allure is among the masses.
High heels have been causing women back pain ever since the 1500"s. This is what the high heels cause:
Pain in buttocks and back of calves - Slipped Discs - Callusea - Chronic Back Pain - Hammertoe - Bunions - Hip pain - Curvature of the spine - Knee osteoarthtritis
In the 1980's, the fat high heel became popular and is not less harmful than the skinny toed heel that is popular today. The fat high heel showed that it caused increase pressure on the knees.
Podiatrists and orthopedists recommend wearing a small heel no higher than a three quarter inch. This height is better to reduce back pain even over flat heeled shoes. A small lift from your heels will support the foot, knees and back. Physicians say that high heels should come with a warning label, "Hazardous to your health!" Back pain would be reduced if they listened to the label.
