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Originally posted by Paris'Mom+Nov 9 2005, 12:17 PM-->
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Paris' mom,
Those are very cute shoes but I have a question, although I know you were only speaking of comfort and showing how cute the syles are.  Does the ankle strap cut the verticle vision of the leg and make a person appear shorter? Just wondering.
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I thought so too (the ankle strap pair was picked out by my husband- can you imagine? A guy being so good with shoes?!! :lol: ) But the straps are cute. I wore them with a skirt once (although I usually wear slacks, just more practical) and thought it was not bad at all.

I got turned onto these brands and wearing a wider shoe (I usually wear the standard M) because my husband researched the internet since he was tired of seeing me in agony at the end of the day.
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Actually ankle straps are considered a sexy shoe, which is probably why your husband picked them out!!


A few years ago we had someone on staff handling our public relations, etc. and she reported to me and she wore ankle strap shoes to work. The owner of the company asked me to talk with her and tell her that she couldn't wear shoes like that, especially since she was a public spokesperson for the company. She wanted her to wear simple pumps. I also had to tell her to tone down her eye make up. That was not a conversation that I wanted to have... very uncomfortable telling someone those things... but it turned out OK. She was very gracious about it....
 
Originally posted by Kallie/Catcher's Mom@Nov 9 2005, 12:45 PM
Just an interesting observation... Today I attended a luncheon meeting of a women's professional group I belong to. The occupations represented are doctors, lawyers, judges, dentists, business executives, college professors, business owners, and the like. As they were going through the luncheon line I was checking out everyone's shoes!! I hope they didn't wonder why I was staring at the floor....

There were about 90 women there ranging in age from about 35-ish on up. Almost every single one of them had on "sensible" shoes... no one had stilettos on and just a few had on heels of any kind and they were a wider heel and not very high.

I had never thought to notice this before but I thought it was interesting.....
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That becuase all the women in that profession are on there feet more then 8 hours a day..some do 12 hours or more and have to have good shoes, even if they are heals..
I learned the hard way.
 
I'm sure I can give you all the tips you need to wearing high heels, and can sucessfully answer all your questions. So, if I can be of any personal assistance, just pm me and I'll be glad to accomodate you to the best of my ability.

BTW: did I mention to you what books I have written????

1) What I Know About Swimming
2) What I Know About Women
3) What I Know About High Heels

If you would like your FREE book, just email your request to me at scottchelf@comcast and I will send you an eBook free of charge. Please, only 1 request per household and limit only 1 book of the 3. You may not reprint any material without my written expressed consent.
 
Originally posted by Chelsey@Nov 9 2005, 10:01 AM
[Scoobydoo,

Scoobydoo thank you for posting this 
...It's good education and prevent someone from suffering in the long run.

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This is the company I went with to get my arches
http://www.bioped.com/frames%20pages/aboutframset.html
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Chelsey, I am thinking you are in the early stages of Plantar Fasceitis which is what I had and it became chronic with me hence the surgery. Your symptoms are almost identical to mine and you need to take care of your feet now. One thing that does also help with it is keeping the bottom of your foot slightly stretched at night so that your foot doesn't hang down loosely like you are pointing your toes to the floor because this only makes the problem worse. There are special socks you can buy for the Foot Doctor that you can wear in bed and they keep your feet in the right position.
My problem became cronic too because I was on my feet all day every day in my job before I left there and got a mostly seated one.
I too had difficulty walking when I first woke as the pain was excruciating upon weight bearing.
I know about the flip flops you are talking about, we call them Massage shoes in Australia and I used to love them, and now they make innersoles like that too.
Come to think of it I might just go out and look for some as they may just help with my circulation in my feet. Thanks for bringing them to my attention.
 
Originally posted by Tavish@Nov 7 2005, 10:01 PM
I LOVE high heels, and I wear them every time I go out. I, too, am vertically challenged, coming in at 5'3", and I wear heels not only to boost myself up, but also because I think they are beautiful. They are like wearable sculptures! In my opinion they make your legs look better, your walk sexier, and your outfit even more polished, so what's not to love! I wear 3" to 4" heels with everything from jeans to suits and I can run in them when necessary too. I'm sorry you hurt your ankle today, but I'm sure wearing them around more will help you become better at walking in them!
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This won't sway you hard-core high heel lovers, but when you ask "What's not to love?" I'll tell you.......how about hammer toes, bunions, shortened achilles tendon, shortened calf muscles and sprained ankles! My daughter was cured of the high heel fetish when she damaged an ankle tendon and was in a cast for 6 weeks and still having problems 3 years later.

At 5' 7" I always wanted to be shorter, like a normal 5' 5" or so. I always felt like a Hulk around other women and heels were almost a requirement in my youth so you could look sexy and compete with other women for men. Piffle! What a waste of time, money and effort. If I had it to do over I'd do exactly what pleased me and made me comfortable and attract those men who liked me just like that!
 
This topic has really morphed, hasn't it? LOL. Here is my question - I am having pain only in my heels. Sometimes it feels like I have a steel rod shoved up the heel of my foot. I can usually walk it out, but I don't know if this is a heel spur or some other problem. And when I say heel, I don't mean the back of the foot, but rather the bottom of the heel.
 
I don't know your age group but as we get, ahem, older, the fat padding on the bottom of our feet gets thinner. That's why you see us older folks wearing Clarks and other thick-soled shoes.

I have had the same type of pain as well as the back heel pain and sometimes the whole length of my foot. I hobble when I first get out of bed sometimes and it seems to go away as I warm up.

I've never been to a podiatrist but I did get a pair of very strong inserts for my shoes and that has reduced the painful incidents by 75% or more. The inserts shift your weight to a more even distribution over your feet. I paid $200 for them and they were worth every penny. You can get them cheaper now but I've used the same pair from shoe to shoe for 3 years now. I even use them in the low heels I occasionally wear, in my treadmill-walking shoes and my everyday flats.
 
Yeah, well, ahem, I'm closing in on 50 so guess I'm thinning on the heel. Unfortunately that's the only part that is thinning......LOL
 
Originally posted by msmagnolia@Nov 9 2005, 03:34 PM
This topic has really morphed, hasn't it?  LOL.  Here is my question - I am having pain only in my heels.  Sometimes it feels like I have a steel rod shoved up the heel of my foot.  I can usually walk it out, but I don't know if this is a heel spur or some other problem.  And when I say heel, I don't mean the back of the foot, but rather the bottom of the heel.
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What you need to do is get yourself some soft heal cups to put in your shoes to cushion your heels. That is absolutely correct that the padding in our heels wears thin as we get older and you will find that the heel cups are a Godsend. Heel spurs are usually the result of the injury to the foot, the pain is from the tendons that run under the foot and if left unattended it will progress and become chronic and inflamatory. You need to get it looked at now and treated by a podiatrist, possibly get some orthotic inserts for your shoes to take the pressure off your heels.
I do hope I have helped, this is a subject I am pretty up to date on owing to the fact that I have had these problems now for years and without treatment and proper foot wear it can become crippling.

I just wanted to say too that there are things you can do to help with this problem and I think I did refer to the special socks that you can get to keep your tendons stretched while you are asleep. This will help stop that pain when you first get up in the morning. Also and this may sound silly but it works too, if you suspect you have heel spurs a good thing is to get a couple of golf balls and while you are sitting roll you feet on them and massage the soles of them as this can sometimes help break the spurs off and they then dissolve and go away. It is also very good for the circulation in your feet.
 
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K/C's mom,

my shoes were not ridiculously high. They were probably between 2 inches and 3 inches. But as Sassy's mom said, I probably looked akward walking in them. Although maybe in business world, comfort is important, for purposes of interviews, I do think that overall looks matter. I had 6 interviews in one day and they just all happened to be with males (all 6). I have also seen medical students on interviews and my shoes are appropriate height as compared to others. We all look so uniform in grey or black suits. There is probably no way I stand out amongst others but shoes aren't going to help me with that!!! I do plan to wear high heels more often so that I don't look so akward on interview days but I am sure I can't wear anything higher than 3 inches (nor would my husband let me with my weak ankles
).

Back to the looks point -- if you look at Vandy's medical school classes (excluding myself), everyone seems to be way better than average looking. Of course that has nothing to do with shoes or what you wear to the interview but I guess my point is that hard work is not everything
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Originally posted by Scoobydoo+Nov 9 2005, 03:28 PM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Chelsey
@Nov 9 2005, 10:01 AM
[Scoobydoo,

Scoobydoo thank you for posting this 
...It's good education and prevent someone from suffering in the long run.

edited:

This is the company I went with to get my arches
http://www.bioped.com/frames%20pages/aboutframset.html
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Chelsey, I am thinking you are in the early stages of Plantar Fasceitis which is what I had and it became chronic with me hence the surgery. Your symptoms are almost identical to mine and you need to take care of your feet now. One thing that does also help with it is keeping the bottom of your foot slightly stretched at night so that your foot doesn't hang down loosely like you are pointing your toes to the floor because this only makes the problem worse. There are special socks you can buy for the Foot Doctor that you can wear in bed and they keep your feet in the right position.
My problem became cronic too because I was on my feet all day every day in my job before I left there and got a mostly seated one.
I too had difficulty walking when I first woke as the pain was excruciating upon weight bearing.
I know about the flip flops you are talking about, we call them Massage shoes in Australia and I used to love them, and now they make innersoles like that too.
Come to think of it I might just go out and look for some as they may just help with my circulation in my feet. Thanks for bringing them to my attention.

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You should be a doctor, you hit my problem right on the nose.
I have always had flat feet and suffered some kind of pain while walking..
The problem was I never new as a child or teenager I needed arches for my shoes.
My doctor said I should have had them years ago. Also gaining weight did not help either and not to mention stanting on my feet all day for 12 - 15 hours sometimes.. I reasently changed my job because I could no longer stand up for that period of time. It's sad because I really enjoyed my work, but my feet were on fire then my knees started to give out as well. The golf ball trick really works I use to do that last year until chester hid the balls some where in the house. i'm going to have to look for those inserts you mentioned. My slippers really eliminate the pain. Thank you for all the tips.
 
This topic has really morphed, hasn't it? LOL. Here is my question - I am having pain only in my heels. Sometimes it feels like I have a steel rod shoved up the heel of my foot. I can usually walk it out, but I don't know if this is a heel spur or some other problem. And when I say heel, I don't mean the back of the foot, but rather the bottom of the heel.
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I second what Scoobydoo said. You should see a Dr. soon , the longer you wait the worst it gets. By some support for you shoes as mentioned until you can see the DR.

By the way Clark has some really nice shoes now..very stylish and they really feel good on your feet.
 
Originally posted by Chelsey+Nov 10 2005, 12:13 AM-->
Originally posted by Scoobydoo@Nov 9 2005, 03:28 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Chelsey
@Nov 9 2005, 10:01 AM
[Scoobydoo,

Scoobydoo thank you for posting this 
...It's good education and prevent someone from suffering in the long run.

edited:

This is the company I went with to get my arches
http://www.bioped.com/frames%20pages/aboutframset.html
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Chelsey, I am thinking you are in the early stages of Plantar Fasceitis which is what I had and it became chronic with me hence the surgery. Your symptoms are almost identical to mine and you need to take care of your feet now. One thing that does also help with it is keeping the bottom of your foot slightly stretched at night so that your foot doesn't hang down loosely like you are pointing your toes to the floor because this only makes the problem worse. There are special socks you can buy for the Foot Doctor that you can wear in bed and they keep your feet in the right position.
My problem became cronic too because I was on my feet all day every day in my job before I left there and got a mostly seated one.
I too had difficulty walking when I first woke as the pain was excruciating upon weight bearing.
I know about the flip flops you are talking about, we call them Massage shoes in Australia and I used to love them, and now they make innersoles like that too.
Come to think of it I might just go out and look for some as they may just help with my circulation in my feet. Thanks for bringing them to my attention.

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You should be a doctor, you hit my problem right on the nose.
I have always had flat feet and suffered some kind of pain while walking..
The problem was I never new as a child or teenager I needed arches for my shoes.
My doctor said I should have had them years ago. Also gaining weight did not help either and not to mention stanting on my feet all day for 12 - 15 hours sometimes.. I reasently changed my job because I could no longer stand up for that period of time. It's sad because I really enjoyed my work, but my feet were on fire then my knees started to give out as well. The golf ball trick really works I use to do that last year until chester hid the balls some where in the house. i'm going to have to look for those inserts you mentioned. My slippers really eliminate the pain. Thank you for all the tips.
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Chelsey, I have had so many problems with my feet and treatments as well that I know all the symptoms and treatment available. One thing I have found since being here in the US is that the surgery that was done on my feet is no longer an option because it has been found that it just makes the problems worse. I had the surgery as recommended by an Ortho Specialist several years ago as a last resort and now I am regretting it. The one thing that is good for your feet is to keep your weight down if you can, I have a problem with doing that too so my poor feet suffer and me along with them

Another thing that is good too is to do the alternating hot and cold water dips, this is good for relieving the inflammation and also very refreshing for your feet. You need to have a dish of cold water, as cold as you can tolerate and a dish of hot but not too hot that it will burn and put your feet in the hot then in the cold and keep doing this for about five minutes. I also had Physical therapy which was very good, deep massage, painful but worth it. My Physio always used to say no pain no gain, I used to kid around and say you hurt me again and I will have no control over what my other foot may do, we used to have a good laugh, half the battle I think.
 
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Chelsey, I have had so many problems with my feet and treatments as well that I know all the symptoms and treatment available. One thing I have found since being here in the US is that the surgery that was done on my feet is no longer an option because it has been found that it just makes the problems worse. I had the surgery as recommended by an Ortho Specialist several years ago as a last resort and now I am regretting it. The one thing that is good for your feet is to keep your weight down if you can, I have a problem with doing that too so my poor feet suffer and me along with them

Another thing that is good too is to do the alternating hot and cold water dips, this is good for relieving the inflammation and also very refreshing for your feet. You need to have a dish of cold water, as cold as you can tolerate and a dish of hot but not too hot that it will burn and put your feet in the hot then in the cold and keep doing this for about five minutes. I also had Physical therapy which was very good, deep massage, painful but worth it. My Physio always used to say no pain no gain, I used to kid around and say you hurt me again and I will have no control over what my other foot may do, we used to have a good laugh, half the battle I think.

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that's funny.
Right now I’m having acupuncture done for my feet and my migraines...
So far so good. I’m not sure if I can do Physical therapy on my feet they are very sensitive... like you said...
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They may kick me out of the session for kicking... I have a hot foot spa so I think I will give the cold water hot water a go. I gained all this weight from the medication I was taking for the migraine, I have never been able to keep it off since.
I started exercising again... not sure if i will loose anything but at least I feel more energetic
 
Chelsey, I have had so many problems with my feet and treatments as well that I know all the symptoms and treatment available. One thing I have found since being here in the US is that the surgery that was done on my feet is no longer an option because it has been found that it just makes the problems worse. I had the surgery as recommended by an Ortho Specialist several years ago as a last resort and now I am regretting it. The one thing that is good for your feet is to keep your weight down if you can, I have a problem with doing that too so my poor feet suffer and me along with them

Another thing that is good too is to do the alternating hot and cold water dips, this is good for relieving the inflammation and also very refreshing for your feet. You need to have a dish of cold water, as cold as you can tolerate and a dish of hot but not too hot that it will burn and put your feet in the hot then in the cold and keep doing this for about five minutes. I also had Physical therapy which was very good, deep massage, painful but worth it. My Physio always used to say no pain no gain, I used to kid around and say you hurt me again and I will have no control over what my other foot may do, we used to have a good laugh, half the battle I think.

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that's funny.
Right now I’m having acupuncture done for my feet and my migraines...
So far so good. I’m not sure if I can do Physical therapy on my feet they are very sensitive... like you said...
I will have no control over what my other foot may do,
They may kick me out of the session for kicking... I have a hot foot spa so I think I will give the cold water hot water a go. I gained all this weight from the medication I was taking for the migraine, I have never been able to keep it off since.
I started exercising again... not sure if i will loose anything but at least I feel more energetic
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I know all about the weight gain too, when I broke my shoulder last year and had to have surgery on that they put me on cortizone meds off and on and that is bad news for anyone with weight problems, and to cap it off not being able to over exercise because of the feet is h**l on the waiste line.
In my lifetime I have suffered some horrific injuries and am probably lucky to be here, so I do count my blessings. The thing is I think from all the bad experiences my pain tollerence is quite high, but with such debilitating foot problems it is very hard to do the things one really would like to do. Last year hubby and I joined the local community center for swimming to get some good exercise, well that didn't really last very long because of my feet, every time I would attempt to swim and kick I would get the worst cramps under my feet. Hubby bought me a treadmill last year too, I was going reasonably well till I broke my shoulder then I got lazy because I had to sit around and wait for that to mend. Oh well, I am alive and happy so I should stop whinging hey!!!!
 
[Oh well, I am alive and happy so I should stop whinging hey!!!!

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That's how I look at it too. I don't have cancer or anything like that.. I do suffer from all kind of pain but I still have my health... I can still walk even though it hurts at time.
My migrains kill my head and stop me from doing a lot... but hey when it's a good day i make the best of that day I was given.
Mind you other people look at me on my good days and think I'm ok now, Not...
So I have to let them know.. today no migraine, time to shop, garden, play with the puppies and spend time with family.. tomorrow I might be in my bed.
Anyway back to the high heel topic.
Don't get anything to high... 2 inch sound find and take care of your feet .
 
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