Yes…I’m sure there are thousands of people out there reading my every word breathlessly (have vowed not to look at my number of views page until the end of the week).
And I’ll bet at least some of you are making faces and wondering how shoes can impact on your health.
Sure I can hear you say from here. Shoes can make your legs look great (especially really high heels). And they can pull an outfit together like nothing else (or ruin the whole thing).
But impact on your overall health – surely that’s taking it all a bit too far.
Nope – it is for real.
Let me see if I can convince you.
Let’s begin with an image. A body, upright and strong. The souls of both feet are firmly on the ground. Spine straight, lungs open and large. Energy is able to flow freely from the earth, to the top of the head, down the legs and out again. Sound good? That is how a healthy body looks and feels when it is properly supported on the ground
Now take the body and add a pair of traditional high heels. Move all the weight forward, throw the spine out of line and squash up the diaphragm. how does that sound now?
Poorly fitting and poorly designed shoes can change the entire balance of the body.
In these shoes, the body can’t stride the way it was built to do.
Suddenly, instead of the lungs being open and full, they become cramped and constricted.
The spine moves out of alignment and the hips and pelvis lose their natural position.
There’s more – and trust me, I could go on but you get the picture.
A good connection to the earth contributes to a healthy body.
