Heels, Yeah!

Extracted from Shape Magazine November 2013

After one hour and six minutes of wearing heels, most women are in pain, a new U.K. survey found. Still, more than 40% say they're willing to suffer for fashion. Sound familiar? Lessen the hurt with these tips from heel-wearing podiatrists in New York City:

1. Find the Right Fit: Narrow feet can slip around in shoes, so choose a heel with an ankle strap for added stability, Krista Archer suggests. If you have wide feet, your best bet is a wedge with a rounded toe box, which is more forgiving on joints than pointy-toed stilettos.
2. Be a Pencil Pusher: "Slip off your shoes under your desk at work, put your feet together and try to pick up a pencil with your toes to activate the 38 muscles in each foot and strengthen your arches," Suzanne Levine advises.
3. Stretch It Out: "Over time, wearing heels of the same height will cause your Achilles tendons to tighten and shrink, which can lead to pain," Jacqueline Sutera says. Do a few downward dog stretches each night to release tension in the back of your legs. 

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If you notice deformities developing (hammertoes, bunions, taylor's bunion) or pain from your current deformities, don't hesitate to give us a call. There are plenty of conservative and surgical treatments available!

Foot Lifts

Nicky Hilton in Studded Christian Louboutin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An excerpt from December 2012's Allure Magazine regarding different random sugeries:

Foot Lifts:
"Except in summer sandals, the foot is rarely on public display- but that doesn't mean vanity stops above the ankle. Foot surgery is available to make pointy shoes fit better and to shorten second toes that extend beyond big ones; there's lipo for the little toe in cases where it's not little enough, and injections of hyaluronic acid to add padding to the balls of the feet (dubbed the 'Loub job,' after Christian Louboutin). The complications, however, can be brutal. It took one New Yourk City socialite more than three years to recover from shots in the soles that caused nerve injury and forced her to wear sneakers. 'When patients ask to alter the architecture of a foot that has no real disabilities, I advise against it,' says Rock Positano, a New York City podiatrist and director of nonoperatvie foot and ankle service at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

Kristen Stewart's Legendary Hurt Foot

Cover of Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Kristen Stewart, of the hit Twilight films, recently hurt her foot during re-shoots of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.

While not a long-time fan of high heels anyway, Stewart recently gave them up after the injury. The harm was found out to come from a puncture wound which can be very serious.

Many times people brush off puncture wounds but honestly, they can lead to severe infections! In order to determine the severity of the wound there are a few items to note, which are listed here.