Heels ...... or NOT ??

What to wear .... Should women really compromise their health for the sake of looking good!!!! honestly even I do it sometimes :P
First a splash of history high heels were depicted in temples of ancient Egypt . They were worn by both males and females of the high class.

Now lets talk about heels from the fashion point of view.. well the main reason for wearing heels is adding length :P. Making your legs look longer. Enhancing the female curves because it plays with the posture. As a result it will add confidence to every woman.

But what is the price behind this great image ?? Where is the catch?
Let's start from the bottom. Your feet suffer from high heels a lot. Well to begin your body weight will be concentrated on the front part of your feet .

Imagine THAT !!!! 60-70 kilos concentrated on the base of your toes ..... That is alot .. And just to make u feel it properly try to walk around barefooted on your toes just like the photo you will really feel the pain
Next... Your knees .. When a woman wears high heels, she puts major stress on her knees to stay straight.

As seen in the picture above .. The part (C) is the normal knee posture but let's take a look on the rest of the parts (A,B,D) they are all postures while wearing high heels .. The part (D) is the worse because the knee is actually drawn backwards which will crush the cartilage in the joint and accelerate the degenerative process to cause osteoarthritis.

In other words (your knee will get older faster) 

Heading up to the back just like the knees the spine will be put in a major stress by wearing heels

As shown in the picture above the spine goes into an awkward posture in heels and the pressure increases too ... That is why women usually feel stiff in their lower back after spending a whole day walking in high heels .. In the long run women will increase the possibility of developing disc diseases

So what am I suggesting ?? Well of course I'm not saying that women shouldn't wear heels ... That would be a mojor crime :P

Here are tips on how to wear heels in  healthy way :

• Wear soft insoles in your heels to get a little more support and cushioning for the foot and heel.
• Only use high heels on days when you have little walking to do, and few high energy activities to get to.  Rushing around in heels can become uncomfortable very quickly.
• Use high heels for special occasions rather than on a regular or daily basis. Using them less frequently will reduce the long term effects of high heels.
• Walk correctly in heels. Rather than stepping with the toe first, or striking the ground with the heel and toe at the same time, step heel to toe as you would if walking in any other shoes.

I hope that this post is helpful ... 

  

getting to know your neck

who didn't wake up one day without neck pain .. this problem is really common because of several resons i will be stating later .. to start let us get to know our necks better ..

the neck consist of 7 vertebras separated by inter vertebral discs .. the spinal cord as shown runs through the vertebras .. what you guys need to know is that those discs are shock absorbers and they distribute the weight of the head evenly on the vertebra . another important information is that between each two vertebras there is a nerve root that comes out of the spinal cord to innervate neck and shoulder muscles

 now into the main core of this post (NECK PAIN)

believe it or not if you suffer from pain the in colored area it might be radiated from your neck
common causes of neck pain are :

• arthritis
• degenerative disc disease
• trauma or injury
• worry and stress
• bad posture

in this post i will talk about the bad posture only .... the following picture will show you which is the proper neck alignment so take a trip to the mirror and check out your neck :P

so if a person has a tilted head either forward or backward it will lead to a herniation of the disc which will cause alot of pain

now to the commonly mistake done ...

and the proper position is

of course no one uses the common desktop anymore so just apply the photo into your lifestyle

IMPORTANT:
please please please do NOT sit in one position for more than 45 without moving ... this will really affect your neck and back muscles so here is a list of exercises that you can do while being at work to relief the stress off your muscles especially your neck :)

i would suggest that you repeat each exercise 5 times every 45 minutes :)

i hope that i presented the idea well and if you have any question or suggestions please don't hesitate
to contact me on the blog's e-mail : tastyscrubs@gmail.com