High heel shoe foot damage costs NHS �29 Million!

[Gromit]

The problems caused by high heel shoes cost �29 million a year in corrective foot surgery, figures have shown.

NHS consultant podiatrist Emma Supple, who led the study, said: "While we love our high heels, wearing them for prolonged periods is bad news for our health and wallets.

The study of 1,000 women, funded by shoe firm MBT, found almost half of women in Liverpool and Manchester wore heels all week long. It also found that four in ten women have had accidents in heels, with most suffering twisted ankles.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/pol itics/health/3113691/29m-surgery-to-cure-high- heel-foot-damage.html

A small price to pay?
or
Money that could be better used for cancer drugs and lifesaving operations?

[China Doll]

Tick tock!

Perhaps the NHS needs a shoe consultant. Maybe those four women needed to be directed to the correct shoe type. High wedges would have enabled them to walk at a decent base, would have made the intended bits stick out, ensure that they walk with a femine gait and even obese, drunk women can wear them.

It's lovely to see you guys taking an interest in this though. Any thoughts on corsets and potential costs to the NHS?

[Lonnie]

I would class that as a 'self inflicted wound', and even though there are lots of things that can be classed as that, that the NHS deal with, I don't believe it should.

[BertiWooster]

High heels dont do anything for me - Unless the ladies sporting them are displaying nice legs , up to their ear lobes .

[Quinlad]

Sounds horrific, actually. Does that mean they'd have no torsos?

[jno]

no heels at all is the answer

http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2008/02/antoni o-berardi.html

No doubt China Doll is way ahead of the curve on this one

[anotheoldgit]

Good link jno, Surely the next step up from these would be uni-sex type of ballet shoes, then we could all tip toe around certain modern day PC sensitive subjects.

[BertiWooster]

Ok quinlad - up to their armpits ?

[Quinlad]

AOG, lovely image.

Would you still be able to goose-step in ballet shoes?

;-)