{"id":3945,"date":"2009-11-29T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2013-01-26T01:22:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T17:22:26","slug":"are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3946\" title=\"high_heels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg\" alt=\"high_heels\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I heard on the radio during the week that recent research shows that of the two sexes, women are more prone to suffering from lower back pain primarily because of wearing high heels.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I can vouch for this. I used to run around in 3-4 inch heels nearly every work day. They weren&#8217;t quite Christian Louboutins though \ud83d\ude09 After a while, I noticed that I had a dull pain in my lower back area and on my knees. When I lowered the height of everyday shoes to 2 inches or slightly less, the pain was alleviated somewhat. I still get twinges now and again if I try to be glam and wear heels that are too high for too long.<\/p>\n<p>High heels (or very high heels) throw your body shape out of whack. Just pay attention the next time you step into your stilettos or high heels. You will notice all of the following:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Body is thrown forward and you have to use your back muscles to pull it back so you stand straight. This puts pressure on your lower back.<\/li>\n<li>Toes are pushed forward and squashed<\/li>\n<li>Pressure on the knees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you notice these? There are even more problems associated with what you wear on your feet than I thought possible. High heels are known to be bad, and I&#8217;ve found that flats without support aren&#8217;t much better!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1053601\/High-heel-horrors-The-hidden-cost-body-crucial-extra-inches.html\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a> from the Daily Mail UK sums up most if not all the problems one can encounter by constantly wearing high heels including shortening of tendons and bunions and hammertoe which could even need surgery. A friend told me of a 60 year old lady she knew who could not wear any shoe lower than 3 inches even at home because her tendons had shortened to such a degree that wearing flats were agony. The danger of a 60 year old still tottering around in 3 inch heels is a rather scary thought.<\/p>\n<p>These days, I rotate my workday shoes &#8211; sometimes wearing heels, sometimes flats and I wear heels of varying heights. That way, I figure my legs don&#8217;t get stuck in a rut and my back and knees have stopped hurting too. Evening functions or cocktails still call for that sexy pair of stilettos but at least its not something I&#8217;m tottering around in on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? Tell me what you think \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Stay healthy<\/p>\n<p>Paris B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard on the radio during the week that recent research shows that of the two sexes, women are more prone to suffering from lower back pain primarily because of wearing high heels. Personally, I can vouch for this. I used to run around in 3-4 inch heels nearly every work day. They weren&#8217;t quite<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,53],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I heard on the radio during the week that recent research shows that of the two sexes, women are more prone to suffering from lower back pain primarily because of wearing high heels. Personally, I can vouch for this. I used to run around in 3-4 inch heels nearly every work day. They weren&#8217;t quiteContinue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Women Stuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-29T01:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-25T17:22:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paris B\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@parisbmws\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@parisbmws\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paris B\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\",\"name\":\"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-29T01:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-25T17:22:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b559b3677bbc948b7e3b29e5acf00cc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Health\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/category\/health\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/\",\"name\":\"My Women Stuff\",\"description\":\"Malaysia Beauty Blog for 40 and over: Makeup &amp; Skincare Reviews, Tips\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b559b3677bbc948b7e3b29e5acf00cc\",\"name\":\"Paris B\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/309328cd0070bdabb67d3222955853cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/309328cd0070bdabb67d3222955853cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paris B\"},\"description\":\"Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. When not blogging about beauty or life beyond 40 find her talking about feeding dogs real, wholesome food. Connect with us on social media at Instagram.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\",\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/instagram\",\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/mywomenstuff\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff","og_description":"I heard on the radio during the week that recent research shows that of the two sexes, women are more prone to suffering from lower back pain primarily because of wearing high heels. Personally, I can vouch for this. I used to run around in 3-4 inch heels nearly every work day. They weren&#8217;t quiteContinue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/","og_site_name":"My Women Stuff","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff","article_author":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff","article_published_time":"2009-11-29T01:00:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-25T17:22:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg"}],"author":"Paris B","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@parisbmws","twitter_site":"@parisbmws","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paris B","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/","name":"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back? - My Women Stuff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg","datePublished":"2009-11-29T01:00:28+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-25T17:22:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b559b3677bbc948b7e3b29e5acf00cc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/high_heels.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/11\/are-you-willing-to-give-up-high-heels-for-your-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Health","item":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/category\/health\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Are you willing to give up high heels for your back?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/","name":"My Women Stuff","description":"Malaysia Beauty Blog for 40 and over: Makeup &amp; Skincare Reviews, Tips","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3b559b3677bbc948b7e3b29e5acf00cc","name":"Paris B","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/309328cd0070bdabb67d3222955853cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/309328cd0070bdabb67d3222955853cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paris B"},"description":"Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. When not blogging about beauty or life beyond 40 find her talking about feeding dogs real, wholesome food. Connect with us on social media at Instagram.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com","https:\/\/facebook.com\/mywomenstuff","https:\/\/instagram.com\/instagram","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/mywomenstuff"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}