Are you worried that wearing amazing fashionable high heels will cause foot pain? knee pain? hip pain? or lower back pain?
Did your mom tell you that if you wear heels you will get bunions?
Dr. Molly discusses how wearing high heels changes the way you stand and walk. She will give you several tips on how to manage these changes to help reduce the stress on your body that is caused by wearing heels.
The moment you put on heel no matter how low the heel you are transferring your weight to the front of your foot. The higher the heel the more weight you place on ball of your foot. Then you are basically walking on the balls of your feet all day which completely change the way you walk compared to walking with flat foot.
The there are the dreaded bunions
So am I saying you should give up and never wear your heels. No, not at all!
BUT I would say you should do a few things to help slow all the negative effects of waking in heels all day everyday.
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