After diamonds, high heels are a woman's best friend. They add flair, charm and elegance to both your attire and your personality. But according to a new study, high heels could also turn out to be your biggest enemy.
Excess use of high heels both in men and women is fast becoming the cause of osteoarthritis, said health experts. High heels cause unequal weight distribution on the metatarsals (foot bones) exposing those areas of foot joints which normally are not designed to bear weight, and this results in painful foot conditions like bunions and meta-tarsalgias (fore-foot pain).
"High heels are the growing cause of premature osteoarthritis. Wearing high heels has also been associated with plantar fasciitis -- one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue," said Abhay Nene, consultant spine surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai. He also said that one should wear heels of one inch maximum and that the duration for which a high heel is worn is directly related to the pain.
