Flat shoes are just as dangerous as stilettos

More and more women are to foot injuries by ballerinas and flip flops. Although they are comfortable, flat shoes can be severe foot, shin, back pain, corns and even cause arthritis.

Worse during summer

Foot Expert Mike O'Neill: "For three years we find significantly more foot problems in women flat shoes like sandals or ballet flats. If they are long wearing may like stilettos foot disorders verzoorzaken. The ideal height for healthy feet is a heel 2.5 inches. During the summer the problems worse because women have more trendy gladiator sandals and slippers. especially your back suffers flat shoes. More and more young people suffer because they are on vacation rijgpijn constantly wear slippers, "said O'Neill.

Feet and back

O'Neill continues: "Flat shoes are bad for your body because you have to first go strolling through instead of walking, which is bad for your posture. But they are bad for your feet. They tend to enter through what your ligaments and tendons stretched. This will be the wrong toes, causing severe pain and even corns can suffer. They are also bad for the knees, the wrong attitude, they can ignite.'ll have more chances of arthritis. "

Variation is needed

"Especially teenagers are at higher risk, but they often find that when their feet grow. The problems may only become apparent on their twentieth or thirtieth. You could flat shoes, but wear them no days on end. often depend Exchange of height, so you avoid problems, "O'Neill advises.