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October 1, 2009
High Heel Shoes Cause Foot Pain Later In Life
Here's a teaser for an article that I found: Study Finds Women Wear Shoes That Cause Pain.
Well, no duh. Women wear high-heels. What a waste of research money.
The study surveyed 3,378 men and women and found that men make better shoe choices. Only 2% of men made poor shoe choices that led to foot pain -- I'm going to guess that's about the right percentage of men in our society who would actually wear high-heeled shoes!
But seriously, there is a useful tidbit.
More than 60 percent said that in the past they generally wore high heels, pumps, sandals and slippers, all of which researchers rated as higher risk. Women who wore those were at the most risk of hindfoot, ankle and Achilles’ tendon pain.
I get the impression these problems develop later in life. To read more, check out the October issue of the journal Arthritis Care & Research.
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Posted by linda at October 1, 2009 5:21 PM
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