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Placing heel lifts in your shoes creates secondary effects similar to the wearing of any high-heeled shoes; cowboy boots, ladies' high-heels, and many types of fashion shoes cause similar adaptations in the wearer's stride, gait, foot, and lower leg, and can create foot and ankle problems if the added height is excessive or the shoe is not well-engineered for you.
Potential Long-Term Side-Effects of Using Heel Lifts:
ALSO IT IS NOTHING BUT COPE. YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY BECOMING TALLER. ONE DAY YOU WILL TAKE OFF YOUR LIFTS AND BE DISCOVERED FOR THE INSECURITY YOU HAVE, JFL. STOP THIS COPE FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL. NEVER ADD MORE THAN 1.5" FROM SHOES.
Potential Long-Term Side-Effects of Using Heel Lifts:
- If a lift raises only the heel, then there can be "bridging" between the heel and the ball of the foot. This lack of mid-foot support can cause arch problems, particularly if a soft lift is constantly pushing the foot upward against the tongue of the shoe.
This can be avoided by using a lift which is long enough to support the mid-foot almost all the way forward to the metatarsal area, and which does not compress when walking. A well-designed heel lift should effectively tilt the foot bed or insole forward as if it were part of the last of the shoe, rather than leaving the mid-foot unsupported. In heel lifts, longer is better. - The addition of a lift in the heel of a shoe causes the foot to be resting on a slope downward toward the toes. This can cause fore-and-aft slippage in the shoe when walking, and can result in calluses under the metatarsal or ball of the foot or the large toe. This effect is very dependent on the person's gait and stride, and is seldom serious unless the calluses become corns, but can be annoying.
- Achilles' tendon issues; since a heel lift raises the foot within the shoe, it can cause inflammation of the tendon due to the pressure and rubbing of the narrower top part of the heel cup or heel counter pressing against the tendon, and, can cause shortening of the tendon and hamstrings due to the reduced angle at the ankle from the steeper slope on which the foot rests. Tendons which are not stretched regularly tend to shorten. The reduction in tension on the Achilles' caused by use of a heel lift can be beneficial, if the therapeutic goal is to allow for tendon healing.
- All molded foam in-shoe lifts are soft enough to create appreciable vertical motion in the shoe when walking or running, and the increased rubbing of the heel can cause calluses and blisters, inflammation of the Achiles' tendon, and excessive wear on socks and shoes. Also, the constant pressure of a soft shoe lift pressing upward against the foot has the potential to cause or aggravate mid-foot and arch problems.
Unless you are trying to cushion or reduce impact on inflamed pressure points such as plantar warts or heel spurs, the use of compressible gel or foam heel lifts should be avoided. - Badly-designed height inserts are also very uncomfortable for your foot; placing a badly-shaped lump of foam in your shoes will not be comfortable for walking. Period. For a review of one such product, HeightShoeReview.com offer their impressions. Don't waste your money on these, they are unusable.
ALSO IT IS NOTHING BUT COPE. YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY BECOMING TALLER. ONE DAY YOU WILL TAKE OFF YOUR LIFTS AND BE DISCOVERED FOR THE INSECURITY YOU HAVE, JFL. STOP THIS COPE FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL. NEVER ADD MORE THAN 1.5" FROM SHOES.
