Safe Limits Using Heels: From Time Duration To Rights High

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YOGYAKARTA For women, wearing heels or high heels is now considered a necessity for fashion. Unfortunately, the use of these shoes is not balanced with the knowledge of safe boundaries using heels.

As is known, heels shoes are a type of female shoe that is higher in the heel than the toe. One of the functions of heels shoes is to give a higher body impression than the original.

It is sometimes necessary to use high heels, but users are advised to know the safe limit for wearing heels, both in relation to the high time to the height of the heel.

Reporting from the womenshealthmag website, leg health expert L. Kelsey Armstrong explained that high heels have a bad impact on the legs. Because these shoes place an unnatural foot position. As a result, there will be pressure on the soles of the feet that can cause ships, fractures, to knee osteoartritis.

Regarding the safe limit of duration using heels,user Armstrong did not clearly explain. He only said that the risks mentioned previously could be avoided by reducing the number of hours of high-ranking shoe use.

"The amount of time depends on the type of shoes and the type of activity you do with it," Armstrong said, quoted Tuesday, April 23.

The following is a guide using high heels based on activities and the possible duration required.

Use low heels with a maximum heels of 1.5 inches when shopping or other activities that require users to stand longer. It is recommended to limit the duration of this right usage to a maximum of 4 hours per day.

This type of shoe is better used only in events with a standing duration of not too long like during weddings, dinners, and so on. Armstrong recommends moderate to 3 hours of heels. Avoid using more than that duration.

The use of this type of heels is not recommended at all or better avoided. However, if there is a condition that makes you use it, such as during a certain fashion show or performance event, use a maximum of only 1 hour.

"If shoes are more supportive you have a closed end, or in the form of a wedge you may be able to wear it longer than this guideline," Armstrong said.

It is also recommended that users know tips for staying comfortable wearing high heels, for example by ensuring their size, adjusting to the type of leg, and so on. This knowledge will help users minimize the bad impact on the legs.

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