Everyone knows that wearing high heels can cause foot problems, but not everyone knows that very simple steps can help decrease the chances of damaging the feet and legs due to prolonged use of these types of shoes. I thought I’d put together a short, accurate list of the most common problems associated with wearing high heels and simple things you can do to help prevent damage from long-term high-heel wear and also alleviate some of the pain. to wear those shoes.

Advice:

1. Most women after wearing high heels all day just want to go home and take them off because the balls of their feet hurt. To alleviate this, some turned to a Botox treatment that is geared towards injecting Botox into the balls of the feet to create a filler. This padding will help cushion your foot when walking or standing. Although this helps, there is another way to do the same. Instead of the Botox treatment, we recommend using an invisible gel pad offered by Dr. Scholl’s. This simple gel-filled pad does the same as the Botox treatment but costs much less.

2. Wear shoes that fit well! Believe it or not, most women don’t do this. Although high heels have a snug fit, they shouldn’t be too tight. If you know you will be on your feet all day or dancing a lot, we recommend wearing a sandal or round toe shoes as these tend to leave more room for your toes. Real pointy heels may look sexy, but they also tend to squeeze your toes and cause pain. This pain increases throughout the day as the shoes stretch and the foot slides deeper into the shoe.

Note:

Sandals themselves have their own problem, as most women don’t buy a sandal that fits them well. Most women when wearing sandals tend to have a strap that crosses right in front of the baby’s toe. This is also commonly seen in shoes that have an open toe with a solid upper that covers the top of the foot. Sandals, if fitted properly, should expose all toes and the straps or instep should be just behind the baby’s toenail.

3. Don’t wear heels that are too high for you! Wearing heels that are too high can strain your back. It can also cause him to walk in an unorthodox way, which makes it much easier for him to fall. There is a simple method that we use to determine the maximum height of a person’s heel, which is as follows. Stand in front of a wall. Now get up on your toes as high as you can while keeping your knees straight. Use the wall to help you balance. Now have a friend measure the distance from the bottom of your heel to the ground. This is what we call the maximum heel height. Staying within this height, we have found that people can walk much easier with better posture and overall comfort. If you want to wear heels higher than your maximum heel height, we recommend a platform to achieve this.

4. Stretching the calf muscle is very important, but more than 90% of people who wear high heels do not do it daily. When wearing a high-heeled shoe, the calf muscle shortens. Over time, this muscle will weaken and relax. Many people have claimed that by wearing high heels every day, wearing flat shoes or tennis shoes is not comfortable and hurts the back of the legs and sometimes causes foot and leg cramps. Now most of you reading this may remember or have seen babies and have seen how flexible they are. Some of you may remember being able to touch your head to your knee, but find it impossible to do so now as the leg muscles are no longer stretched and have grown to the position they are in due to your daily habits. This is the same with high heels. If you don’t keep your calf muscle stretched, it will shorten over time and make wearing flat shoes or even walking barefoot uncomfortable. A simple way to avoid this is to find a table or something solid and support it on something like a thick phone book creating a small ramp. The angle can be from a 30 degree angle to a 45 degree angle. If you support something on a book, make sure the book or object cannot slide or move. We recommend putting it against a wall. Now once you have a little ramp, stand in front of it putting your foot on the ramp while keeping your heel on the floor off the ramp. Now slowly lean forward until you feel it tug on your calf muscle. Doing this simple exercise will help keep your calf muscle stretched and will also help prevent any prolonged calf muscle damage.

5. As always, we recommend a heel that has some kind of ankle support, especially if you are going to walk or dance a lot. This is also more important when it comes to a higher heel versus a lower heel. Higher heels tend to be more unstable and a person can twist their ankle or fall very easily if the heel slides to the side of the shoe. An ankle strap or some type of ankle support can greatly reduce this.

We hope you take the time to read these simple tips and maybe put some of them into practice. By doing so, you can help make wearing high heels as painless as possible and also help avoid twisting your ankle or hurting your back.