LADIES!!! THE WORST SHOES FOR YOUR FEET

Podiatrists have issued warnings about women wearing high heeled shoes for decades. The high fashion footwear are available in a variety of styles including stilleto’s (or spikes), pumps and wedges. Originally designed to keep a horseback rider’s feet from slipping out of the stirrups, high-heeled shoes have evolved into medieval torture devices.

Doctors say pointy pumps (such as those pictured above on a local celebrity) are the worst culprits. The pointy toes squeeze the entire front of your foot together, causing nerve pain, bunions, blisters, and hammertoes.

European royalty began wearing expensive, custom made high-heeled shoes to make them seem taller than they were. Since only royalty and the well-to-do could afford to wear such heels in the 16th century, people of wealth were often referred to as “well-heeled”.

Today’s well-heeled celebrities and thousandaires distinguish themselves from the common folk by wearing pricey ultra high-heeled shoes (with 4+ inch heels) designed by Christian Louboutin, Valentino, Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Prada, St. Laurant, and others.
Podiatrists blame ultra high heels on a number of medical maladies including chronic back pain, knee pain, foot and tendon pain, blisters, degenerative joint disease, swelling of the feet and ankles, etc.