TORONTO CHIROPODIST DISCUSSES DISTURBING NEW TREND IN GIRLS SHOES
posted: Feb. 26, 2013.
HIGH HEEL CHILDREN'S SHOES PROMISE SELF-ESTEEM 'BOOST', DRAWING CRITICISM FROM PARENTS AND DOCTORS. SOME SHOE COMPANIES ARE MAKING CHILDREN'S SHOES WITH HIDDEN HEELS, PARTICULARLY FOR GIRLS. THEY ARE MARKETING THESE SHOES TO CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 4 TO 8 YEAR OLDS. THIS NEW BREED OF SHOES HIDES WITHIN IT A WEDGE HEEL THAT ADDS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF HEIGHT.
BRANDS AS DIVERSE AS NIKE, SKECHERS, VERA WANG, STEVE MADDEN, NINE WEST AND ZARA ALL MAKE WEDGE SNEAKERS. THE HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH HEELS ARE BUNIONS, CORNS, HAMMER TOES, ANKLE, KNEE, HIP AND SPINAL PROBLEMS. OUR FOOT CLINIC WOULD NEVER EVER RECOMMEND HIGH HEELS TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY A CHILD AS WE WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND COSMETIC FOOT SURGERY FOR ANY WOMEN EITHER.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.