Experts advise how to care for their feet to cope with the painful consequences of wearing high-heeled shoes. If your favorite designers - Manolo, Jimmy C, Enzo, and Stevie M, then most likely, high heels are a part of your life. But if a movie character can easily move around on high heels through the city, drive a car, or even a walk in the park with a dog, in real life, high heels can cause a lot of problems. How to avoid the pain of high heels?

Women love high heels, but if you wear them all the time, you may experience severe pain in the legs Pain in the legs - to warn easier than cure   Other serious problems that could be a direct result of walking in heels or worsen because of him.

These problems are different from the usual hassles of corns, hardness and growing bumps on the big toes, to more complex issues, such as intolerable pain in the fingertips, which seems to be increasing each year.

Yet many women do not give up high heels. According to the results of a survey, about 42% of women admitted that they wear shoes they like, even if they cause them discomfort, and 73% reported that they already have foot problems because of the shoes. What is the solution?

Doctors say that if you still can not do without heels, take some precautions, as well as to identify and solve their problems as soon as possible. If you do so, you not only avoid many of the problems associated with wearing high-heeled shoes, but also to make the time you spend in a shoe more pleasant for your feet.

High heels and foot pain: what you should know

Whenever you wear shoes that are too tight to you, or compressed natural shape of your foot, you can make the pain in the legs, doctors warn.

But when this is added to the high heels, in addition to pain, there may be damage to the feet, orthopedic say.

In addition, the foot is compressed, also increases the pressure on the area, which is compressed, so you're not only hurting your toes, but also distribute the weight on them. This is a problem.

Among the most common problems - painful bumps, these bony growths that usually appear at the base of the big toe and the foot is deformed. High heels are not the cause of these cones, but they can certainly aggravate them. And the height of the heel and sharp noses shoes can play a role here.

In addition, doctors say that some women who have these bumps also offset the bone under the big toe joint, which changes the movement of the foot. If the wear high heels, foot leans forward, and pain in the bumps increases.

Some help the transition to a shoe with a low heel, but often the best way out is an operation to straighten the bones.

If you wear high heels every day, chances are you are experiencing are the two most common problems: corns and hardened. These thick layers of dead skin usually appear on the toes or on the sides of the foot, and are in fact the way the body tries to protect the feet from injury. Only in this case, the shoes become enemies. When there are calluses and hardened, or even ingrown toenails, part of the problem are shoes that do not quite fit you.

In other cases, it may be a result of the curvature of hammer toes - a condition in which bone is affected finger is bent down, and its surface is rubbed shoes. When the shoe is a high heel, the pain increases.

Some of these cases makes wearing low-heeled shoes, but sometimes the solution may require surgery to help straighten the finger.

High heels and a midlife crisis

Nothing can cheer up How to cheer up: a few simple tips Like a new pair of stylish shoes with high heels. But if you think that wearing these heels were much easier in 20 or 30 years than in the 40 or 50 - you're right.

With age, feet change, experts say, and some changes may make high heels much more uncomfortable. One of the most common changes - a loss of fat in the lower part of the foot.

As we age, we lose a certain amount of fat that normally protect the pads of the toes, and some of them also move forward to the fingers. When we squeeze feet in sandals with heels, our weight is just on the region, which is less protected. In extreme cases, bony areas of the feet dig into the sole of the shoe and do not have protection. This not only causes pain but can also increase the risk of stress fractures and development of osteoarthritis.

While some doctors suggest to solve this problem by injecting silicone or Restylane, many say it is a bad idea. These drugs were not designed to withstand the weight of the body at which they begin to move or disappear.

In addition, experts have warned women that they did not use such an injection, as well as other purely cosmetic procedures in the feet. Calling this trend dangerous, they warn patients that often the risk (of infection, nerve damage, difficulty walking) often exceeds the benefits of these procedures.

A much better idea when the pain in the bottom of the foot is the use of soft insoles. They serve as a buffer between the feet and the ground, and that is what you need.

And finally, if you wear all my life basically high heels, you can experience a reduction in the Achilles tendon, an area that extends from the rear surface of the heel to the calf. This can cause pain when wearing low-heeled shoes, and even an inability to walk barefoot.

In this case, the solution may be stretching exercises, like runners. In rare cases, you may need surgery to lengthen the Achilles tendon.

How to protect your feet by wearing shoes with high heels

If you are going to wear high heels, follow the advice of experts in order to protect their feet.

• Look for high heels that are comfortable as possible

Stop and think: how many pairs of high-heeled shoes cause your foot to slide forward, leaving space behind your heel? If heels are not properly seated, the front part of the foot slides forward, creating more pressure and pain in the fingers. Look for narrow shoes that will sit on his leg tightly enough, but they will not compress.

• Wear orthopedic pillows

Although you can help the insole size of the entire sole, if you have pain in the fingertips, or are you going for a long time to stand on your feet, buy a silicone metatarsal pads. They clearly take the blow, as if replacing lost body fat.

• Wear heels for greater stability

Wider heels will create a better balance and can help ease the pressure more evenly distribute the load on the foot. Alternation heels of varying heights can also help reduce problems with Achilles tendon.

• Note the slope of the heel

Some heel height of 10 centimeters create direct pressure on the sole, while others provide a gradual slope. This may be convenient for the arch of the foot and relieve pain in the fingertips.

• Wear high-heeled shoes with open toes to relieve the pressure on corns and hardened

Visit a doctor, professionally remove calluses and eliminate their causes. But if this is not possible, choose shoes with open toes, to take the pressure off the inflamed areas.

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