ZERO DROP FROM HEEL TO TOES

When standing firmly barefoot on the ground the angle of our body and ground is 90°. As soon as we choose the heeled shoes, this angle changes. If the heel is for example 5 cm high, the angle between the ground and our body changes from 90° to 70°. In this case, if we would like to maintain the “correct” posture, our body should lean forward, but because of gravitation this is impossible and for that reason, we change our posture and with that the position of our ankles, knees, hips, back and head as well. If we wear higher heels for a long time these unnatural burdens become chronic and contribute to painful back, shoulders as well as the exhaustion increase.

When standing barefoot, the weight is equally distributed between the heels (50%) and the front feet muscles (50%). With high heels, this distribution gets out of balance and puts most of the weight to the front feet. The higher the heel is, the bigger is the burden on the front part of the feet.

Wearing shoes with heels can also contribute to a shortening of the Achilles tendon and claves’ muscles. The Endurance of feet is significantly smaller as well.

A lot of women, after years of wearing high heels, have a feeling they will fall backward when they put on barefoot shoes. In this case, we recommend wearing transitional footwear, which can be found in the Proalp sporty-elegant category. This footwear has a flexible sole (a little bit thicker than barefoot shoes) wide toe box and a heel which is up to 1 cm higher than the front part.