Don't Be Too High, Safe Boundaries Wear High Heels To Maintain Foot Health

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JAKARTA - High heels or high heels can indeed make your appearance look more elegant and charming, but did you know that there is a safe limit that should not be exceeded for the sake of foot health?

Too often or too long wearing very high rights shoes can cause various serious health problems, ranging from mild pain to permanent damage to the structure of the legs and body.

Foot health experts or podiatrists suggest that we be wiser in choosing shoes. The recommended safe limit is about 3-5 cm. More than that, the risk of health will increase significantly.

"Wearing high heels causes your feet to be (curved inward), which can cause Bunions, hammer tips, or plantar fasciitis," said Dr. Jason Gold, a certified leg disease expert, quoted from the Huffpost page.

These problems not only hurt, but can also affect the way you run in the long term.

Why Are Rights Boots Too High Malicious?

1. Body Posture Changes

When wearing high heels, the weight will rest on the front of the leg. This forces the body to adjust by tilting its pelvis forward and curling its lower back. This unnatural posture can cause back pain, neck and shoulders.

2. Feet and Feet problems

Excess pressure on the toe of the leg can cause the bulnons (cores at the base of the toe), fish eyes, ships, and even the foot radius of the hammer (the foot radius bends abnormally). In addition, high rights shoes often have narrow ends, which exacerbate this condition.

3. Achilles Tendon Memendek

The constant use of high heels can make the Achilles tendon (the letter behind the heel) stagnate. When you return to wearing flat shoes, this tense tendon can cause pain and inflammation.

4. Risk of injury

The higher your rights, the more unstable your leg is. This increases the risk of spraining, ankle spraining, or even broken bones due to falling.

As mentioned earlier, the safe limit for daily use is shoes with rights as high as 3 to 5 cm. If you want to wear higher rights shoes for special events, Dr. Ebonie Vincent, a foot and ankle specialist, provides advice.

"You have to wear enough high heels, not all day long or every day," he said.

He also recommends balancing it with more comfortable shoes.

"Use sneakers or flat shoes at least 80% of the time. For the remaining 20%, you can wear whatever shoes you like." he explained.