Influence of high heels on human health

Freedom! Skirts are short, legs are open, fingers are on the pinched ... You put on high-heeled sandals - and at once, it seems, has become slimmer and lighter. Let's look at the impact of high heels on human health.

And by the evening the big finger is rubbed to the blood and it hurts, of course. The heel is not up to the blood, but it's rubbed too. It's time to change the pedicure ... And you do not even know the most terrible thing: incorrectly picked up shoes can prevent you in the fight against excess weight!

Support Points

Having risen on tiptoe (that is, on the heel), you seem to lose weight instantly: the legs visually elongate, the waist appears in the waist, and the waist appears thinner. But for this beauty you have to pay dearly.


Bones and joints of the foot - a natural system that allows you to evenly distribute the weight of the body and maintain balance when walking. According to the idea of ​​nature, the main load in a person falls on three points - the heel, the area under the thumb and under the little finger. If you climbed on the heel, the heel hung in the air and all your pounds are crushed already by two points. Shoes with a narrow headland - and the fulcrum is completely alone. The center of gravity shifts. The depressed fingers can not stand and begin to deform.


A high heel, especially in combination with a narrow headland, leads to deformation of the foot. According to Soviet GOSTs, rational footwear was the one where the height of the heel did not exceed four centimeters. Anything higher leads to overloads. And if you further compress the foot from the sides, this will help deform the thumb. He starts to bend, the joint becomes inflamed, changes shape and then never returns to the usual place. The situation can be corrected only by surgery. Over time, hammer-shaped deformations of the second and third fingers appear - they expand at the end, the joints swell and become inflamed.


Serious internal problems also arise. The displacement of the center of gravity causes an increase in pressure on the spine, stagnation of blood in the pelvic organs (which can eventually lead to infertility). Talking about natoptyshes, calluses and other small things against this background is even somewhat awkward. However, it should not be forgotten that the entire body is projected onto the foot, and not only does the nail patch cover you not only the point of support, but also the point of acupuncture - the reflection of one or another internal organ. The area on the soles below the fingers is responsible for the hormonal balance. Started to gain weight? Check - maybe it's all about the beautiful, but uncomfortable shoes.


We choose

The choice between beauty, fashion and comfort is always painful. A compromise is not always there. You again and again erase your fingers (heels) in the blood. Sadly, the reason for this is fashion. Well, sometimes even saving.

In the tool of torture, a combination of several factors transforms shoes:

- high heel;

too narrow a cape;

- improper height of the back;

- Thin straps;

- Synthetic materials.


Fashion is created by men, and to see women beautiful - their natural desire. But you must remember that a heel above six centimeters for walking is not in principle intended. On this you need to be able to beautifully get out of the car, reach the chair and sit comfortably to demonstrate perfect legs. At too high a heel stop tries to slip down on a shoe, as on a hill. If the toe is narrow, the fingers will be squeezed. If a notch is cut out on the toe, the thumb will be pushed out into this hole, and at the widest point - at the level of the joint - the skin will inevitably be erased to the blood. In addition, you will have to stretch your leg effortfully so that you do not pinch the asphalt with your bare fingers: your legs will get tired beyond normal, and rubbing will appear on the place where the skin of the foot comes into contact with the skin of the shoe. What to choose? The best thing is a closed rounded toe.


I must say thank you to the designers who legitimized last summer the platform: the desperate height, which it raises us, is compensated by the thickness of the sole, and the real 4-5 centimeters remain, which is quite acceptable for everyday shoes.

But this year, designers vying to offer "tie" sandals to the feet countless number of straps. We warn: the thinner the strap, the higher the danger of wiping your feet to the blood! "Narrow straps are categorically contraindicated with a tendency to edema and vascular insufficiency: the straps will crash into the rear of the foot.This should in no case be tolerated with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis." If this is your case, give up straps and ribbons, you will be fine with light shoes with a mesh, relevant this summer.


But even the most open, most ventilated sandals should be made from natural soft tissue. Otherwise, you will not have a chance to avoid scuffs. In synthetic leather shoes, the skin does not breathe, the evolving moisture accumulates under the strips of material, and friction in combination with increased humidity do their job!

Pay attention that "natural" and "soft" - this is not synonymous! Denim sandals can wipe your fingers in the blood if they are combined with a rigid gasket to make them better hold the shape. What can we say about the rough skin ...

And one more tip: the height of the back of the shoe should correspond to the height of the heel. Otherwise calluses are inevitable.


Hot Five

Manufacturers of footwear and orthopedic doctors agree in one: for each season you must have at least five pairs of shoes, and you should not walk in the same pair for more than two days in a row. After all, under the influence of high heels on human health, the bones of his foot are deformed, and this is something unpleasant.

From the point of view of orthopedics, different models of shoes differently distribute the load: high-heeled shoes load the forefoot, those on a stiff platform or a wedge are forced to work hard at the ankle, and flat ballet shoes - the back surface of the foot. Regularly changing this load, we evenly redistribute it and thus avoid deformations of any particular part of the foot.

Shoe-makers consider that shoes must necessarily rest. After all, we moisturize them afterwards, we press on them with all our mass - beloved shoes and boots should be given time so that they dry out and be dealt with.


What will go into your "five" summer shoes? Be aware, the shoes on the stud can only be the sixth! Ballet shoes. Choose models equipped with at least a minimal heel, an absolutely flat sole is almost as harmful as a high heel. On it, the "spring" qualities of the foot can not be fully manifested. Sandals on a wedge. They give the opportunity to "lift" the heel, but exclude the sagging of the middle part of the foot, distributing the weight on the entire sole. This summer they continue to wear espandrilla - the cloth shoes of Spanish dancers on a rope wedge.


Shoes. Preference is for a closed cape. Dust and sand do not clog in, fingers will not rub a hard cutout. If there is no backdrop, let the heel fix the strap. Heel no more than five centimeters, stable, not too thin and not "hoof". Sandals. Sole and straps - that's the whole design, super fashionable this season. Straps are chosen wider so as not to rub the skin. Sabo. French wooden shoes returned to us centuries later in the form of elegant shoes with a closed cape and without a backdrop, and recently even in the form of slippers, most relevant on the beach. The latter (Crocs) have won the love of the whole world for their eco-friendliness, softness, lightness (up to 200 g). Many of the stars lit up on vacation in this simple light footwear. Flip-flops are not an alternative: the strip of fabric does not cover the foot tightly, does not fix the foot, so for long-distance walks they are not adapted and are suitable only on the beach or in the pool.


And still the most important thing to remember when taking from the store shelf new shoes: how will you feel after you take off your shoes. Varicose veins, swollen joints, calluses, corns - does it make you more attractive?