“Running with unsuitable shoes will cause
you to slow down the speed, gain weight easily, and be the seeds for chronic
injuries. Take a look at the experimental results below to choose the right
pair of shoes that best support for your practice”
The shoes you wear can make you feel slim,
sexy and stylish or makes you grimace in pain. Heve you ever wondered that your
body is destroyed when working with high heels or flip-flops? We conducted a
study with three middle-aged women in a high-tech analysis with four different
types of shoes: flip-flops, high heels, sneakers and sport sneakers (the
results are compared with the gold standard of comfort level of a simple
running shoes pair). In the laboratory, the women brought all kinds of shoes
with sensor device to record the activities associated with the muscles and
joints, then we analyzed what pressure effects on the body. In addition, team
also gives advices on foot health and pain reduction.
Flip-flops:
When the weather warms up, you often use
flip-flops for comfort, but actually flip-flops are not good for your feet as
you think, here are the reasons:
Foot injury:
Mechanism of flip-flops is walking with just a thin piece of wire and the toes
are squeezed. The middle track separates toes and your feet are not curved
naturally, leading to your front foot is pulled out to the front as you step
forward. Due to strong traction, the body will react by putting force on hips
and knees. In addition, the rear legs become loose when moving step by step,
gradually making the muscles became wearker - by Katy Bowman, Biochemist PhD
cum the author of Every Woman's Guide to Foot Pain Relief.
Wearing flip-flops will make your walk
shorter, so you feel hard to walk quickly in long road when wearing these
shoes. Besides, because of step shortening, the strength of your body
decreases, making you tend to jump into a taxi or car rather than walk - by
Philip J Vasyli, foot specialist cum founder of Vasyli International company.
Solution with flip-flops:
Stretching the leg muscles: To help your toes recover from tight pressure, stretching out the
muscles along the front foot - according to Bowman. You can stand with tiptoe
stance, then, put one foot toward the back, and stretch your body up so that
the toes are kept at the floor. Try to keep the knee straight, stand straight
and do not let the ankle rotate out of previous position when you stretch the
body. Hold for 60 seconds and switch legs (your leg may cramp at first because
you are not familiar to stretch like this)
Buying flip-flops:
If you can not live without flip-flops in
the summer, choose flip-flops with stable structure. Observe the contour of the
flip-flops frame to ensure they fit your feet rather than the flip-flops with
thin rim at the pharmacy.
High heels:
There is a reason that so many women
willing to give up the comfort to put their feet into these uncomfortable
shoes, when you’re higher for a few inches, you will be slimmer, highlight
calves and even raise your behind legs up.
The fact is that you will destroy your body
fast if you live your life on the high heels. A Danish study in 2011
demonstrated that high heels increase six times the risk of chronic joint
inflammation. In addition, they also carry below health risks.
