Conquering A Man And Hurting Himself -- High Heels Are Really Daggers.

Health viewpoint

Wu Jingming, deputy chief physician of Department of orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Wu Meixiang, deputy chief physician

The Italian language of high heels is Stiletto, a dagger with a very narrow blade.

For women, high-heeled shoes are like sharp, sexy dagger, which allows women to conquer men.

But at the same time of conquest, women themselves also pay a lot of health costs - foot and waist involvement.

Despite the pain, many women still have a soft spot for high-heeled shoes.

According to the American Society of foot surgery, 42% of women admit that they will not give up wearing high heels because of uncomfortable shoes wearing high heels. 73% of women already have diseases related to high-heeled shoes.

In the streets, women with high heels can be seen everywhere.

Why can high-heeled shoes get the favor of women? Originally, wearing high heels can make the back of the feet arched and appear small and big, the muscles of the calf are tight and slender, and the center of gravity moves forward to tighten the front, abdomen and buttocks of the chest, making the posture more beautiful and sexy.

However, this beauty is built on the basis of morbid illness, and at the expense of health. Guangzhou Medical College conducted a survey of 100 women wearing high-heeled shoes, and found that wearing high heels led to the incidence of discomfort of leg, foot pain and acid swelling as high as 93.6%.

Foot pain is the most typical uncomfortable and early symptoms of wearing high-heeled shoes. It is also easy to get the public's understanding.

However, long term wear of high-heeled shoes causes joint and lumbar lesions, and these potential hazards are far from being recognized by high-heeled shoes, seriously affecting women's health.

Let's take a look at the three major hazards of wearing high heels.

1, harm to the foot

When standing and walking in high heels, the weight will be concentrated on the first to third metatarsal bones of the forefoot. At the same time, these toes will also be extruded by the tip of the shoe, and the corns will form a neuroma, resulting in stubborn and recurrent pain.

Wearing high heels for a long time can also cause foot weakness to form flat feet. The extrusion of the tip of the shoe causes or aggravates hallux valgus deformity, leading to a series of disorders such as pollicke bursitis, hammer toe and so on.

2, harm to ankle joint and knee joint

When walking with high heels, the ankle joint sprains more easily than those worn on flat shoes because of the uneven movement of the knee and ankle joints. The knee joint load pressure increases significantly, leading to the occurrence of degenerative osteoarthrosis.

3. Harm to lumbar vertebrae

Actually, wearing high heel shoes is more serious to the lumbar vertebrae, because the occurrence and development of this kind of damage are relatively slow, and it is easier to be ignored.

There are 4 physiological bending of human spine including cervical curvature, chest curvature, lumbar curvature and sacral flexion. Normal physiological bending is maintained by multiple structures such as vertebrae, intervertebral discs, facet joints, ligaments and muscles, and plays an important physiological role in balancing, stabilizing, buffering and concussion.

Any cause of imbalance in the spine can cause pain in the waist.

After wearing high heels, the pelvis will move forward and the gravity line will move forward.

In order to maintain stability, it is necessary to re-establish the balance of chest, buttocks, waist and back extension. Of course, the curves of mature females are best displayed.

Behind this beauty, the entire spine begins to accelerate degenerative changes.

Maintain excessive and continuous lumbar extension, so that the lumbar muscles are in a state of constant tension and lumbar muscle strain.

Enlargement of the lumbar spine can lead to the lumbar spinal canal stenosis caused by the folding of the ligamentum flavum behind the vertebral body, which may cause nerve root compression.

The increase of lumbar curvature will aggravate the burdens of the facet joints, increase the shear stress of the lumbar facet joints, wear the articular cartilage and increase bone hyperplasia.

The inclination of pelvis aggravates the load of sacroiliac joint and sacroiliac ligament.

The above pathological changes eventually cause recurrent acute and chronic lumbago and irreversible damage to the spine.

Tips: "self rescue" of high heeled women

How to make oneself look sexy and beautiful while not suffering at the same time is a topic worthy of attention by ladies.

Wear high heeled shoes and flat shoes alternately: from the needs of health and women's love for beauty, it is recommended to wear high heels in addition to specific occasions such as social networking and etiquette.

A pair of comfortable flat shoes can be prepared in the office, alternating with high-heeled shoes to relieve foot fatigue.

Patients with low back pain should not wear high heels.

The heels should not exceed 4 centimeters: choose the right heels to ensure that shoes are truly comfortable.

When you wear high heels, you can put a soft insole at the foot of your foot or heel and so on, so as to reduce the pressure on the sole. The heel height of high heels should not be too high, preferably not more than 4 centimeters.

The heel should not be too small, otherwise it will not be able to stabilize the weight, but the toe should be slightly loose, reducing the extrusion of the soles and toes.

Warm feet: warm feet in the evening can improve the blood circulation of the feet.

At ordinary times, we should strengthen our ankle strengthening exercises, and we should get to the hospital in time.

Note: girls can not wear high heels.

At the age of 15-16, the bone age of the feet is mature. Wearing high heels early can cause deformity of the foot bones, even affect pelvic finalize, resulting in narrow pelvic opening and affecting the delivery of adults.