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High-heels question

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I am interested in osteoporosis/osteopenia and prevention. Like many...

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Thursday, February 15, 2007
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I wonder whether there has been any studies on women who wear high-heeled shoes as opposed to flats and their likelihood in developing osteoporosis.  It seems to me that whenever I wear high-heels, my lower back has the sensation of feeling weaker and sore.  I wonder if displacing one's weight-balance via high heels long term may eventually alter bone growth.  With long-term high-heel use, I certainly notice atrophy in certain leg muscles and stiffening in other areas; perhaps this pattern of weakening/stiffening might eventually travel on to the supporters beneath, the bones.     

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