STUDY STATES THAT KILLER HEELS COULD LEAD TO OSTEOARTHRITIS IN KNEES

 

A STUDY OUT OF STANFORTH UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO WEAR STILETTOS ARE PUTTING A DANGEROUS LEVELS OF STRAIN ON HER KNEES.  WOMEN WERE ALWAYS AWARE THAT WEARING HIGH HEELS CAN CAUSE SORE FEET, PAINFUL ANKLES AND A BAD BACK. NEW RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT WOMEN WHO WEAR HEELS HIGHER THAN 3 1/2 INCHES CAUSES PREMATURE AGING OF THE KNEES AND OSTEOARTHRITIS.  OVERWEIGHT WOMEN ARE EVEN MORE AT RISK.  THIS STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH WHICH SHOWED THE HIGHER THE HEEL, THE MORE STRAIN ON THE KNEE JOINT.

ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A RETIRED CHIROPRACTOR AND AS A RESULT WE NEVER EVER RECOMMEND THAT FEMALES WEAR HIGH HEELS.

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