High heels can cause damage to calf muscles

Posted on Jul 19th, 2010 | Comments (0)
Health Care

Ladies and heels are like thorns and roses. Heels are painful little sweethearts and women love them as much as they love their sweet chocó desires. They may bear that awful pain in their ankle but will never give up wearing heels. Some useful tips can keep your delicate ankles safe while you enjoy those stylish high heels in the light of fashion and beauty.

In a recent research, The Journal of experimental Biology study found high heels led to stiffer tendons in the calf because high heels shorten the calf muscles and make them inflexible and thick causing pain when you walk flat feet.

From a recent analysis of 11 women who have been wearing 5 cm heel for two years, it was found that their muscle fibres were indeed shorter. Moreover, when they were asked to lie on a couch, it was noticed that the angle of their heel was greater due to shortened calf consequently causing pain on flat feet because of the inability of the tendon to stretch sufficiently.

Well we will never ask you to give up wearing high heels for we know their importance in the world of fashion and in your life. Here are some very useful tips to keep your ankle safe. Stand on tip toes on an edge of a step while balancing your self with the help of handrail. Now lower your heel as far you can before raising them up again. Do it 5 to 10 times to bring flexibility in your calf muscle.
Another health advice for you would be to not to limit yourself to one heel size rather try and experiment various heel heights to get the calf muscle working through the greatest range of movement.

Try this exercise and always welcome changes. Do not get dull and bore while keeping yourself to one thing rather play with variety and enjoy the most darling of shoes in your wardrobe.