Are 5in heels a step too far for women's health?

DailyMail ^ | 12th November 2011 | Eleanor Harding

[Daffynition]

They may be the height of fashion – but the health risks will bring you back down to earth with a bump.

Five-inch heels are becoming the most sought-after shoes on the high street as shoppers take their lead from celebrities such as Victoria Beckham.

[bboop]

Maybe The Gov wants to outlaws those too? ‘for our own good’ of course. Makes me want to get some, darn it!

[Magnum44]

That picture creeps me out almost as much as a Helen Thomas pic...wait is that Helen?

[Chode]

5"??? feh... now these are heels

[gimme1ibertee]

Fine. They'll get you what you crave. Attention. Then you can claim *sexual harassment* and sue. It's all the Fashion.

I don't know about all that,and maybe you have some inside info on the subject,but all I said was that if women want to wear them,the should be able to.They're not hurting anyone but themselves.

[gimme1ibertee]

I'm not gonna say anything...

Good...you probably shouldn't.

[NakedRampage]

Oh, but I should. I’m just a really nice person so I’ll keep it to myself.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Yeah, mine were great, until the Neoprene soles went smooth. Then they just became dangerous as hell up on the trails in the Cascades.

Now I wear Asolos. They fit like a glove. I’ve worn them hiking, snow-shoeing and hunting. Never had an issue with them.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

They’re not dangerous if women only wear them while lying down.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Umm, big difference.

In the Chinese example, little girls had their feet bound in their childhood in order to force them to grow malformed. Once done, there is no going back. It also causes women to walk with a very small gait and awkwardly, with shoes or in bare feet.

The high heels are only a look while the women choose to wear them. And the look that drove the development of the high heel had less to do with how it made the foot look and more to do with how it formed the calf (contracting the muscle high in the back of the calf and creating a greater taper from knee to ankle).

[BunnySlippers]

The latest Louboutins ... Tigers Paws, listed at 4,000 pounds per pair.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Your comment is crude and doesn’t belong here at FR, imo.

[livius]

LOL! Like toe shoes with stilts.

[Daffynition]

[BunnySlippers]

Well, I love high heels and wore 3 or 4 inch heels for decades 5 days a week. Now that I’m “older”, I still wear 3 inch heels everyday to work.

No foot problems and no callouses or bunions.

[Daffynition]

I subscribe to the notion that shoes should be practical.

[Daffynition]

Not to laugh...

[floridarunner01]

Not 5 inches, but...

[Chode]

designed by podiatrists to drum up bidness no doubt...

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Some days you just can’t win.”

Yep. Those can sometimes be very long days..

[NakedRampage]

Me too. Work boots are good enough for everthing except jogging. Discount sneakers take over for that.