Beware Of High Heels

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[color=#666666]Wearing shoes with heel elevation greater than 25 mm was associated with hallux valgus and plantar calluses in women.[/color]
[color=#666666]- Gerontology. 2005 Sep-Oct;51(5):346-51. Footwear characteristics and foot problems in older people.Menz HB, Morris ME.[/color]

[color=#666666]Even shoes with moderately high heels (1.5 in) significantly increase knee torques thought to be relevant in the development and/or progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Women, particularly those who already have knee OA, should be advised against wearing these types of shoes.[/color]
[color=#666666]- Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 May;86(5):871-5. Moderate-heeled shoes and knee joint torques relevant to the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis.Kerrigan DC, Johansson JL, Bryant MG, Boxer JA, Della Croce U, Riley PO.[/color]

[color=#666666]years medical scientists have talked about the health hazards of high-heeled shoes, which originated four centuries ago. Despite these warnings, millions of women continue to wear high-heeled shoes. Although medical scientists have recognized this specifically occupational phenomenon for more than a century, full-scale epidemiological studies may be necessary to bring about substantial social-behavioral change.[/color]
[color=#666666]- Int J Health Serv. 1998;28(2):201-25. A history of medical scientists on high heels.Linder M, Saltzman CL.[/color]

[color=#666666]In the frontal plane, increased hip and knee varus moments were present. These differences demonstrate that walking in high-heeled shoes alters lower-extremity joint kinetic function. Reduced effectiveness of the ankle plantar flexors during late stance results in a compensatory enhanced hip flexor "pull-off" that assists in limb advancement during the stance-to-swing transition. Larger muscle moments and increased work occur at the hip and knee, which may predispose long-term wearers of high-heeled shoes to musculoskeletal pain.[/color]

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