10 Reasons to Stop Wearing High Heel Shoes: Save Yourself from Years of Pain and Medical Bills

Sexy Now Will Not Be Sexy Later. High Heel Shoes Are Killing Your Feet, Posture, Back and More

According to Dr. Oliver Zong, a New York City Podiatrist , "The average person takes 8,000 to10,000 steps a day. Multiply that by 365 days a year, over a period of ten or more years and imagine the pounding and wear and tear that your feet undergo." It is no wonder that wearing high heel and ill fitting shoes can cause severe and permanent foot problems.

Here are 10 reasons to stop wearing high heel shoes:

1. Wearing high heels for a long period of time, and for many years, not only changes the shape of one's foot, but could cause permanent deformity which may require cosmetic surgery to correct. If you are vain enough to wear high heels for more than special occasions and for moderate periods of time, then perhaps your vanity should consider the permanent distorted shape your feet and toes could take on as you get older. Even if you are willing to endure the pain of painful walking and standing, you will probably not be too happy about the contorted shapes of your toes and feet after prolonged wearing and walking in high heel shoes.

2. Not only do high heels smoosh and squeeze and squash your toes, they can create in-grown toenails, blisters and foot infections. As a result you are not only paying for expensive shoes, but you will end up paying for extra medical bills and over the counter temporary foot relief products.

3.High heel shoes distort your natural posture and body balance. They throw your weight forward which creates a situation for your body to needing to make more effort to sustain balance without falling. The extra effort is concentrated on the lower back which can also create back pain.

4. High heel shoes often leave pock marks, and indentations on floors. So not only is the person wearing the shoes damaging their body, they are damaging the floors they walk on.

5. Shoes are meant to protect your feet. If you need to run or walk fast, you are likely to either stumble and fall and break a bone or sprain your ankle if you are wearing high heel shoes. If you need to remove your shoes to protect yourself against an intruder, you will probably be regretting that you even wore high heel shoes.