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Pacific Coast Living Conference in San Fran, was great! Hello to all of you!

We covered standing, and walking in the new higher 4 inch heels. I wanted to bloga few points, covered. Several women have written, about the physics behind walking in heels, while doing my research.  I love, that a woman can break walking in heels down to a science! Thanks to Jwesica Kofoid.

Standing ~ Whewn standing in high-heeled shoes, posture changes so that the back is arched, the pelvis and chest are thrust forward, the buttocks sticks out, and the calk muscles tighten. When standing straight up without wearing heels, the body creates a 90 degree angle with the floor, which is a normal stance. If the body were a rigid column, putting on a pair of heels would force the entire body to tilt forward, and the angle made with the floor would decrease.  As heel height increases, this angle is not a rigid column, so in order to wear the high-heels and maintain normal stance, a series of joint adjustments is required. The body’s adjustment to this change in angle creates the classic, cured high-heeled stance. The upper body: these joint adjustments are a reaction to the way high-heels cause a person’s center of gravity to shift. As heel height increases, the location of the center of gravity is evelvated. This shift in height causes a stability to decrease. We all can control stability by changing our stance and body -position. Thus, a woman wearing heels increases the sway of her back to maintain her balance. This added arch in the back then causes the trust of the chest, pelvis, and bottom. Moving the shoulders, helps with balance also.

Long, muscular legs are a heeled shoes main effect of the lower body. Their muscularity is due to the inclination of the shoe from heel to toe. This slant is the cause of the decrease in stance angle. At this angle decreases with the height of the shoe heel, the shoe becomes steeper, so the heel of the foot has to raise more. The tendon is then forced to shorten, which causes the calf muscles to increasingly flex. Thus, the toe slant causes some muscles of the leg to ramain flexed with the added height to the leg to remain flexed while the added height to the leg gives an illusion of longer legs both of which are important contributions to the classic heeled toe stance! The alteration in stance induces a change in gait. A normal walking cycle consists of a three-part sequence. The cycle begins with the heel coming into contact with the floor which is known as contact. The rst of the foot is graually brought down until it is flat on the ground, as in a normal stance This phase is midstance. Then, the foot progressively rolls pressure towards the ball so the heel rises up, which is known as push off. These three steps switch back and forth between feet to produce a fairly smooth stride.

More later!

Denae