Can You Avoid Instep Pain and it’s Twisted Sister Foot Tendinitis?

We all seek to look attractive.  Guys work to become beefed up with muscles bulging out of their shirts while girls accentuate their bodies with paints and uncomfortable clothing.  Neither sex is immune to body deformation nor are our feet.

High Heels Shoes are Great for Instep Pain & Pleasantly Sore Heels

High heels contort the foot into a unnatural position causing extreme foot pain.  Yet many individuals feel it’s worth the pain for the instantaneous jolt of sexiness they feel wearing heels.

Raised heels in shoes are one of the top reasons for lower back pain.  Yet few people think to question their shoes when their back is sore.

Athletic Shoes are Just as Good for Sore Backs as High Heels

High heels are not the only culprit.  Any heel, including athletic shoes, which raises the rear foot above the ball of the foot pushes the hips forward and back out of alignment.

If the back is left in this position for an extended period it leads to painful and ugly condition known as Lordosis / swayback.  The best shoes for back pain and loss of lordosis are shoes that respect the foot natural orientation.

Fix Back Pain & Maximize Foot Tendon Pain with a Heel Stress Fracture

I’ve found one of the easiest ways to reduce chronic back pain is to go with flat soled shoes.  However, it’s not quite as simple as that.

Most of us have walked around all our lives wearing some sort of raised heel.  This effectively shortened the Achilles tendon.  Now our Achilles tendon, struggles to stretch long enough for a flat sole!

Only mystical natives who run thousands of miles a week barefoot can tolerate flat soled shoes.  For us the Achilles tendon is constantly overstretched and eventually wears out leading to tendinitis, fractures, and other uncomfortable injuries.

Your Feet Need Time to Adjust

Really fixing all your foot ill’s is not as simple as ditching modern shoes for a set of minimalist shoes.  It’s more complicated than that.  It takes a careful balance of increasing flexibility and relearned coordination.

When moving to a flat soled aka minimalist shoes and or barefoot shoes you should have a set of transition footwear.  Wear the flattest shoe tolerable for a short period each day or until it becomes slightly uncomfortable.

Increase the amount of time you wear that shoe each day.  Wear the transition footwear the rest of the time.  Transitioning to healthier flatter shoes, will take time this way but it’s better than experiencing extreme pain and injury.

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