Many women wear high heels for fashion, but they can cause heel pain, toe injuries, and posture problems. To avoid injuries, choose lower heels and take breaks.
Whether to make a fashion statement, appear taller, look professional, or complete an outfit, many women like to wear high heels can cause heel pain
However, wearing a high heel puts your foot in an awkward position and can lead to pain and other problems.
Heel Pain faced frequently after wearing heels :
- Corns and calluses: Wearing high heels can cause a corn on the top or side of your toes or a callus on the sole of your foot. The area of the foot affected becomes thick and painful.
- Toe injury: High heels can put pressure on one or both joints in your second, third, fourth, and little toe, causing them to bend. Hammertoe progresses with time.
- Plantar fasciitis: The increased pressure on your heels from wearing high heels can contribute to plantar fasciitis. You'll feel pain in your heel, or you may have a burning sensation or ache on the bottom of the foot. You can relieve the pain by staying off your feet, applying ice, using arch supports.
- Posture and gait problems: High heels don’t just alter the way your foot functions; it can affect the body mechanics of how you walk, stand, and carry your weight.
How to Avoid Injuries from High-Heeled Shoes
- Choose lower heel
- Take Border heel or thicker heel
- Go for perfect fit
- Take breaks
- Add padding
- Switch between flats and heels
How Can Heel Pain be Treated –
- Rest as much as possible.
- Apply ice to the heel for 10 to 15 minutes twice a day.
- Wear shoes that fit properly.
- Strech the feet while u sleep
- Stretching your muscles and tendons promotes blood flow to the areas being stretched.
How we at Cura Advanced Physiotherapy will be helpful to you:
- Activity modification: Consider taking a break from intense workout.
- We use Electro Modalities such as Ultrasound for pain relief.
- Mobilization: Mobilization and glides of portions of the foot and ankle.
- Custom Insoles and Taping: Shoe inserts provide increased padding in symptomatic areas while taping procedures aim to correctly position the pad under the calcaneus in an anatomically correct.
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