High heels could be the source of foot pain
That’s the result of a large population-based study of foot pain and shoe style, according to Alyssa Dufour of the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, and colleagues.
But the finding applies only to women and only to one type of foot pain, Dufour and colleagues said in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research.
Women who wore “good” shoes were 67 percent less likely to develop hindfoot pain — in other words, pain in the heel area of the foot — than those who wore “average” shoes, they found.
Although earlier studies have looked at the influence of footwear on foot problems, most have been small or have focused on people with specific conditions, the researchers said.
At the same time, foot pain is a relatively common complaint, but little is known about its prevalence or cause, they said.
#1 by ownbig.ru on September 30, 2009 - 7:21 am
Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up 10 times every hour?