How To Avoid Damaging Your Feet

The Importance of Wearing the right Shoes

The issues highlighted in the article below have mostly been caused by wearing unsuitable shoes.  Wearing the right shoes is crucial to avoid foot pain.  Women in particular are at risk of ruining their feet with high heels.  Here are ideas for helpful exercises and ways to avoid painful feet.   It pays to wear the right footwear to avoid pain and longterm damage to your feet.

• 8 in 10 Americans experience some form of problem with their feet. With 26 bones and 33 joints in each foot, there’s plenty of opportunity for something to go wrong
• Common foot problems that cause pain and discomfort include plantar fasciitis, bunions, hammertoes, toenail fungus, ingrown toenails, and plantar warts. Simple and inexpensive treatments are provided
• Foot exercises can make a big difference for problems such as plantar fasciitis, bunions, and hammertoes. Video demonstrations of helpful exercises and stretches are included

Women's High Heels

I have long been outraged at the high killer heels that young women wear now and have written about this before.

The eminent and beautiful French Actress Catherine Deneuve once gave an interview to assure us that flat shoes or mid-heels can be more elegant than high heels. 

I tend to agree.  We have so many wonderful designs in Ballet Pumps nowadays.  A few days ago I wrote about the discovery of the foldable Ballet Pump.   These pumps now come in all colour combinations and look stunning.

Granted, heels add to an outfit and make it look very feminine as well but the overly high heels that we see now do nothing for an outfit and even less for women’s feet.

Five inch heels ruin the feet and actually can look quite ugly.   Miss Deneuve described the trend as an ‘aberration’ and feels that simple shoes allow women to feel emancipated and, of course, walk much safer without doing lasting damage to their feet.

Of course, Miss Deneve is now 69 years of age so it would look extremely odd if she appeared in a pair of these five inch heels however much they‘d match her outfit, not to mention that she would probably not even be able to walk in them.  She says:  “a simple well made shoe with the perfect arch is such a pleasure.  Added to this, the actress has always had impeccable style in the mould of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn so would never dream of wearing something that did not totally complement the outfit she was wearing.

Source:  Emine Sinmaz, Daily Mail, Monday 15th April 2013