So, are heels good or bad for you?

Current fashions have seen heels go to dizzy, even crazy new heights. The look is amazing but high heels can do some serious damage to your feet.
 
High-heeled shoes put intense pressure on a small area on the ball of the foot and the base of the toes – where nature never intended you to put your weight. High heels also change the angle of your stance and the way you walk, forcing your buttocks outwards, making you sway your hips and curve your spine more than normal. 

This may look sensational on the catwalk and be a head-tuner in the street, but the upshot is that walking in high-heeled shoes can cause unsightly bunions, toe deformities, lower back pain, ankle strain and degeneration of your knee joints.

In fact, bunions can get so bad that you may require corrective surgery.

Going barefoot, on the other hand, and you adopt a heel-toe step that allows the calf and thigh muscles to alternately contract and stretch. In high heels, the knee, hip and lower back muscles remain slightly flexed, which can lead to stiffness and pain.

Information taken from www.nib.com

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Tue May 21 09:48:28 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 19, 2012

Mxcm!!!

In fact, bunions can get so bad that you may require corrective surgery.


Damn straight!!! Victoria Beckham's bunions are a b.itch!
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Sep 19, 2012

Mmaditopo

.Fashion is not for the faint-hearted!!
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Sep 19, 2012

Vhamsanda

These shoes should be sold with disability cover.
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Sep 19, 2012

Sweetpea

Vhamsanda
These shoes should be sold with disability cover.
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LMAO Disability Cover!!!!!
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Sep 19, 2012

Mmaditopo

Vhamsanda
These shoes should be sold with disability cover.
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You really killed me with this one, lol..

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Sep 19, 2012

Galfrend

hahahhaa 21
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Sep 19, 2012

fokofpolisiekar

3 and 7, isnt it like walking bare foot????
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Sep 19, 2012

BEAUTYPRINCESS

crazy
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Sep 19, 2012

Cl!ck-

I wanna see Caster Semenya wearing pic 22..

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Sep 19, 2012

WordofGod

LKK
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