A nice pair of high heels is one of the essential elements of any fashionable wardrobe. This is for the Vogue and stylish women. Brand names that we recognize are Gucci, Steve Madden, Manolo blahnik and Christian Louboutin.

How do high heels do for a woman? High heels enhances their legs, makes their rear appear to be higher and helps to make the calves appear sleeker. High heels are a symbol of sex appeal and feminine beauty.

The one thing that high heels are to the chiropractors and the orthopedic surgeons are a problem. These shoes are the cause of many of the womens back pains. If you are the slave to fashion, you could find yourself enslaved to have chronic back pain that are due to those 4 inch stilettos.

Women walk an average of 10,000 steps a day. If she is walking those steps in high heels, she is putting a strain on her back and putting her health at risk as well.

High heels do not allow weight to be distributed equally throughout the entire foot. The high heels cause the body's weight to actually be centered forward on or in the toes. This goes against gravity and nature. It causes stress on the vertebrae of the spine and it causes stress on the muscles.

What happens when those high heeled women take off those shoes, you hear that "ahhhhh". What has happened is the relief of her whole body feeling towards being back on solid earth. The back pain has been relieved for now. It will come back to haunt her. What can happen is pain in the form of muscle spasms, soreness and of course stiffness.

The High Heeled Hell Story The trend for many centuries was for both men and women to wear high heels. It would make them seem taller and show some form of status in high society. Women would wear them to help increase their overall beauty and men would wear them to keep their feet in stirrups.

Lifts for men have gone out of fashion for men, but the high heels have continued for women since around the 1500's. Today, high heels are associated with sex, youth and high fashion. You see the Playboy models, runway models and of course the celebrities of portraying the trend. This increases the high heel allure that is among the masses.

Women have been suffering from back pain ever since the 1500"s because of high heels. Here are some things that the high heels cause:

Bunions - Pain in back of calves and buttocks - Hip pain - Slipped discs - Calluses - Curvature of the spine - Chronic back pain - Knee osteoarthritis - Hammertoe

In the 1980's, the fat high heel became popular and is not less harmful than the skinny toed heel that is popular today. The fat high heel showed that it caused increase pressure on the knees.

Podiatrists and orthopedists recommend wearing a small heel no higher than a three quarter inch. This height is better to reduce back pain even over flat heeled shoes. A small lift from your heels will support the foot, knees and back. Physicians say that high heels should come with a warning label, "Hazardous to your health!" Back pain would be reduced if they listened to the label.

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