Common Sense Of Health: Four Harms Of Wearing High Heels

　　 High-heeled shoes People always love and hate, and the pain and discomfort caused by wearing make some people call them "torture devices" at foot. What is even more unexpected is that the main cause of knee pain, low back pain and headache that many girls suffer are high heels.

Four hazards of high heels

Foot pain. High heels hurt most of the feet. Cai Hong, Department of orthopedics, No.3 Hospital of Peking University, said that every foot has three pivot points to support weight, two feet on the soles, and one heel. As the heel increases, the focus moves forward, and the weight of the whole body is concentrated on the sole of the feet. High heeled shoes wear for a long time, whether walking or standing, the front feet will be dull pain. This pain can not be ignored, which is caused by excessive pressure on the front foot, resulting in fatigue, resulting in metatarsal osteoarthritis or joint capsule thickening caused. In addition, some people's skin will become thicker and even longer. Heel Too much has a lot to do with it.

Dr. Tsai specifically reminded that the pointed toe shoes can cause hallux valgus and bursa of thumb. In recent years, many patients have come to see the doctor.

Knee pain. Women who like wearing high heels are likely to suffer from degenerative arthritis of the knee in the future. The recent findings from Harvard Medical School point out that wearing high heels for a long time will cause pressure on the knee and femur of women to become larger and increase the wear of joint surfaces, leading to the early arrival of degenerative arthritis of the knee. Clinically, many girls have only forty years old with degenerative arthritis. Most of them are related to wearing high heels for a long time. Moreover, according to statistics, women who wear high heels and often climb stairs have 3 times the load pressure of their knees. When wearing high heels, they can increase 7 to 9 times more. This is also the reason why many women often suffer from leg pain.

Low back pain. When you wear high heels, your body will slightly lean forward. In order to maintain balance, the waist will backwards, so that the muscles, joints and bones of the waist will be compressed. For a long time, it will lead to lumbar pain and lumbar muscle strain.

Headache. When walking, the ground produces an opposite force on the human body. If you wear Flat shoes This force can be decomposed by the three pivots of the sole of the foot. If you wear high heel shoes, there are only two left foot pivot points. When the heel reaches seven or eight centimeters, the sole of the sole has only one focal point. The reaction force on the ground is directly directed to the brain, which is easy to damage the brain. This is also the reason why some people wear high heels for a long time. The force area of the pointed shoes is smaller.

Many young women disagree with the pain caused by high-heeled shoes. Experts warn that the pathological changes caused by high-heeled shoes are accumulated slowly, and this kind of changes can not be felt in youth. After middle age, qualitative changes may occur.

Heel height, comfort and more attention

Although wearing high heels has all the above disadvantages, it is also unrealistic for women to wear flat shoes. The key is to pay more attention to the height of heel, comfort of shoes, and usual foot care.

There is a popular saying about the maximum limit of heels: "7 cm is the health limit of high heels." Xu Hui, deputy chief physician of orthopaedics department of orthopedics, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, said that any height of high heel shoes will cause changes in the force of the feet, but the extent and size of the changes. Many domestic experts agree that the heel height should not exceed 5 cm, and the heel height of 2 to 3 centimeters is more suitable.

The soles of the heels of high heels should be thin and strong, and soft insole should be placed at the pressure of the forefoot or heel, so as to reduce the pressure on the sole. The toe should be slightly loose, so that the feet and toes can be more space.

　 Sleep at night and make your pads high.

Experts also suggest that when wearing high-heeled shoes, try to avoid squatting down or climbing stairs, and do not have a larger click force on the knee. After wearing high-heeled shoes during the day, you should strengthen foot care at home, massage the foot spring at the foot, gently tap your heels with your hands, or hold your feet with your hands. The whole kneading can relieve foot fatigue. When you go to bed at night, you can make the foot pad a little higher so that your feet will be high enough to pass through the chest and strengthen the blood flow, so that the feet can be completely relaxed.

Experts have repeatedly warned that adolescent girls are not suitable for wearing high-heeled shoes. Female foot bones mature at the age of 15-16, premature wear high heel shoes easily cause foot bone deformity; pelvis until 25 years old until stereotypes, before wearing high heel shoes will cause narrow pelvic outlet, directly affect the normal delivery after.