When one is overwhelmed by strength and overthinks it, it hurts. When one is powerless and forcefully lifts it, it hurts. When one thinks deeply, cares deeply, and enjoys everything, it hurts. "- Yao, Song Dynasty," Sheng Sheng Yue Ling "
High heels are called "Stiletto" in Italy, meaning narrow dagger with sharp, sexy, and deadly connotations.
However, from a health perspective, high heels have become a double-edged sword: one end is aimed at beautiful appearance, while the other end is aimed at women's physical health.
Our feet were praised by Leonardo da Vinci as the 'greatest engineering design in the world'. The two feet have a total of 52 bones, which is already 1/4 of the total number of bones in the body. Every step taken by these two feet together shows fluent movements without any carelessness.
High heels with excessively high and thin heels, as well as pointed and narrow shoe tips, can cause female friends to tilt their pelvis forward, lean their body forward, and move gravity forward after wearing high heels. The weight of the whole body falls on the soles of the feet and the force is concentrated on the toes, which can easily cause the thumb to turn outward and deform. In some serious cases, it may lead to foot cysts and other problems.
According to statistics, many cases of thumb abduction are related to wearing high heels. Arthritis and bone spurs are common problems, and serious ones require surgical correction.
Our ancient Chinese never wore high heels. You may think of the Gege people in the Qing Dynasty. Aren't their shoes very high? In fact, even Qing Dynasty checkered shoes were flat heeled and padded. High heels were introduced from the West.
Women who have worn high heels know that wearing high heels causes the muscles in the calves to become stiff, which in traditional Chinese medicine is called contraction, making it easy to become tense. Whenever there is tension, qi and blood are not connected. For example, when you go for an interview and feel very nervous, your hands and feet may feel cold.
The Foot San Yin Meridian (i.e. Foot Jue Yin Liver Meridian, Foot Tai Yin Spleen Meridian, Foot Shao Yin Kidney Meridian) is blocked. The Foot San Yin Meridian passes through the waist and abdomen, the female uterus (i.e. uterus), and goes up to the chest. So some women describe their condition by saying that my armpits and breasts are particularly swollen on both sides, which is actually a manifestation of liver meridian obstruction.
Moreover, when women wear high heels, their bodies tend to involuntarily lean forward. In order to maintain this balance, the body begins to tilt back, which is an automatic process for the human body to maintain balance. When the human body tilts back, the waist must be pulled forward. After the waist is pulled forward for a long time, the lumbar muscles begin to strain, and the first problem caused by lumbar muscle strain is lumbar spondylosis.
The waist is the home of the kidneys, which makes the kidneys prone to aging. Subsequently, gynecological diseases arrived. So in clinical practice, we find that gynecological diseases and lower back pain are like two sisters, always bound together. Most gynecological diseases we see in clinical practice are accompanied by symptoms of lumbar heaviness or lower back pain.
Ladies who love beauty, we advise you to wear flat heeled shoes as much as possible, and to travel down-to-earth and beneficial to your health.
Disclaimer: This article is a sharing of health knowledge. The drugs, prescriptions, acupuncture and moxibustion and other treatment and health preserving methods mentioned in this article should be applied under the guidance of professional doctors, and should not be applied by yourself. We are not responsible for any issues arising from improper use.
