I loved wearing high heels when I was young, but now I have to have my bones cut off! Do you still dare to wear them after reading this?

"Give a woman a pair of high heels, and she can conquer the world!"

Putting on high heels, you will instantly have longer legs, a more upright posture, and a more beautiful S-curve. When you walk, you will be graceful and swaying, which is beautiful beyond words.

But girls who have worn high heels know that blisters and skin abrasions are almost standard, and sprains and falls are also common. Wearing high heels poses a host of health risks to the body.

But do you know? High heels were originally designed to make walking easier and to prevent getting wet and slipping when walking in rainy days!

During the Spring and Autumn Period, wooden clogs, the prototype of high heels, appeared. At that time, there were endless muddy lands everywhere, and the roads were very difficult to walk on when it rained. Compared with flat shoes made of leather, grass, and hemp, wooden clogs can reduce contact with the road surface, and are safe, clean, and hygienic.

During the Warring States Period, thick-soled shoes called Hulu appeared, which were convenient for riding and shooting, and also met the needs of war.

Since then, "high heels" have been popular with the change of dynasties until the Tang and Song dynasties.

During the Qing Dynasty, Manchu shoes appeared. The heels of Manchu shoes were higher than clogs. There are different opinions about their main function: one is to increase height and make the body more slender. At this time, "high heels" already had the function of making women more beautiful.

Looking at Western countries, the function of high heels has gradually evolved from practical to beautiful. In the 16th century, they were even exclusive to aristocratic men. Look at this portrait of Louis XIV. Not only is he wearing high heels, but he is also wearing stockings...

It was not until the 20th century that high heels began to irresistibly "capture" women all over the world.

However, every little fairy who wants to have a closet full of high heels, please also pay attention to these words: hallux valgus, varicose veins, pelvic tilt...

While high heels make you more beautiful, they will also cost you your health!

First, let's take a look at how we normally walk in flat shoes:

The walking posture when wearing high heels is like this:

Comparing the two, walking in high heels does give you an aura of your own!

However, when wearing high heels, you need to continue walking on tiptoe, which causes uneven pressure distribution on the soles of your feet and reduces the bending angle of your big toe.

Long-term compression and squeezing will lead to hallux valgus, deformation of the little toe, calluses or corns on the soles of the feet, paronychia, bunions, etc., and may also cause local pain in the feet.

Related tests show that when wearing a pair of 5 cm high heels, the pressure on the forefoot bones is 1.6 times that of wearing flat shoes, and the pressure on the heel is 4.3 times higher.

When the toe deformity is severe, surgery is required. This is the case with a hallux valgus patient in Maoming, Guangdong: he loved wearing high heels when he was young, but his toes became severely deformed when he got older. In the end, he could only recover his normal walking after osteotomy surgery.

Photos before and after the operation (Source: Southern Metropolis Daily)

In addition to the direct involvement of the feet, the waist and lower limbs are also inevitably injured.

waist

Due to uneven force on the feet, the center of gravity moves forward, the lumbar curve deepens, the pelvis tilts forward, the stability of the spine decreases, and the gravity line of the lower limbs moves forward, causing the waist and back muscles to be continuously stressed. At this time, lumbar muscle strain and pain are prone to occur.

knee

Uneven force will significantly increase the load pressure on the knee joint, inducing narrowing of the knee joint space and ligament calcification.

If things go on like this for a long time, it may lead to diseases such as wear and inflammation of the knee cartilage, meniscus injury, bone hyperplasia of the knee, and hyperplasia of the subpatellar fat pad.

Calf

When wearing high heels, the calf muscles will always be in a state of passive contraction. Over time, this will cause muscle strain, soreness, swelling and pain, and will also slow down blood circulation in the lower limbs.

Research published in the gold medal journal of vascular surgery "J Vasc Surg" shows that wearing high heels will weaken the venous return function and lead to venous congestion, which can cause varicose veins in severe cases.

Ankle

The change in the body's center of gravity, coupled with the unstable fulcrum of the two high and thin heels, can easily lead to ankle sprains.

The best way is not to wear high heels!

But everyone loves beauty! Or if you have to wear it for work, I suggest that when buying high heels, it is best to choose shoes with a heel height of no more than 5cm, thick heels, and a toe that fits the foot.

You can also add built-in auxiliary devices of a certain hardness to the shoes, such as built-in heel or arch support pads, to reduce foot pressure and impact.

In addition, people with waist or foot diseases, habitual ankle sprains, immature bones, pregnant women and obese people should not wear high heels. After all, health comes first.

Source: Youlai Healthy Life