My female patients love heels

From a kitten heel of 1.5 inches to a 5 inches stiletto heel.  My female patients love heels.

On a APMA survey 42% of women admitted that they weared a shoe they liked even if it gave them discomfort but that night was one on a life time you were looking fabulous, everyone was staring at your heel and your were unstoppable .  

High heels tend to give the aesthetic illusion of longer, more slender legs.



Gucci Heel clasification
  • "low heel": < 2.5 inches 
  • "mid heels": 2.5 - 3.5 inches 
  • "high heel": > 3.6 inches

Some history
Mediæval Europeans wore wooden-soled patten shoes.  Persian horse riders used high heels for better stirrups hold.

Late 1990s lower heels and even flats predominated.  Since the WWII high heels have fallen in and out of popular fashion trend.  Lower heels were preferred during the late 1960s and early 1970s as well, but higher heels returned in the late 1980s and early 1990s

Cons? Ummmmm
  • Can POTENTIALLY cause foot and tendon painful, rigid or sinewy: if a daily routine of stretching is not done
  • increase the likelihood of sprains and fractures: if there is lack of traction on the sole
  • You have hammer toes and bunions? blame the genes and your flip flop (men have bunions and hammertoes and the majority of them don't wear heels)
  • Can cause an unsteady gait: if is your first rodeo on those beautiful heel or you had too much EtOH
  • Can render the wearer unable to run: only if you wear planning to use your stilettos when chasing criminals
  • Can also agitate lower back pain: if you don't stretch those hamstrings
  • Can cause damage to soft floors: well is not your problem those people through cheap floor

Those heels
  • Accentuates the appearance of calves by changing the angle of the foot with respect to the lower leg
  • Gives you a more upright posture
  • Make the wearer appear taller
  • Make the legs appear longer
  • Make the foot appear smaller
  • Make the toes appear shorter
  • Make the arches of the feet higher and better defined
  • Improve the muscle tone
  • Improve access for people of short stature to sit upright with feet on floor instead of suspended, reach items on shelves.
Keep using those beautiful heel Dr Rolando Melendez will take care of the rest.

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Rolando Melendez, DPM in Jackson Heights, NY can help you with your toe pain or any joint pain in your feetBecause we want you to keep doing all the fun things you like to do without having pain in your feet!


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