Recently a newspaper carried an article about the ever increasing height of heels, a trend especially popular in the West. Needless to say, that it is becoming increasingly common in India as well, with the short, not very tall and even tall women opting for three and four inch heeled shoes. No doubt they look very elegant, but there is a huge price to pay in the long run. Anatomically speaking, a high heeled shoe causes your foot to go into plantar flexion (sole of the foot facing backwards), placing tremendous pressure on your forefoot.
This causes a shift in the centre of mass; your body adjusts its balance by making the lower part of your body lean forward and the upper part of your body lean backward. This puts increased pressure on the joints in the body, especially the S-curve of vertebral column, and leads to lower back pain, muscle imbalances etc. Rugged Waterproof Vehicle Mounted Tablet
While walking also, it becomes difficult to push off from the ball of your feet at every step and this puts more stress on the hip flexor muscles as well as the knee joint, which remains bent most of the time.
Some of the negative effects of heeled shoes are -
A few tips on living well with heeled shoes -
Sindhu Ramachandran is a lifestyle coach
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