Is it time to give your high-heeled shoes the boot? Injuries related to the perilous but fashionable footwear nearly doubled in the United States in a recent 11-year-period, new research finds. U.S.

Collegiate women who wore shoes with 10 cm high heels more than 3 times per week to their classes developed an imbalance of 4 functional ankle muscles. While wearing high-heeled shoes appeared to ...

Prolonged wearing of high-heeled shoes has been linked to injuries related to the plantarflexor (PF) and dorsiflexor (DF), but a new study in the International Journal of Clinical Practice has also ...

Women should think twice before buying their next pair of high-heels or pumps, according to researchers in a new study of older adults and foot problems. Women should think twice before buying their ...

High heels have been found to make women both stronger and weaker according to a new study published in The International Journal of Clinical Practice. The subjects, women studying to become flight ...

Kristin Graham is affiliated with Australian Podiatry Association. Non executive member. Helen Banwell has received in-kind support from ASICS Oceania and Skobi in the last two years. Neither funded ...

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High heels hurt. If you’ve worn them (I have not) then you probably know this already. But are high heels also bad for you? A 2014 survey from the American Podiatric Medical Association—composed of ...