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Washington Post: You might want to rethink those high heels.

”You can’t run at the same level as a person who doesn’t wear high heels ... [snip] If the tendon becomes stiffer and the muscle fibers become shorter, the ability to store and release elastic energy is problematic.” So if you run or do sports, high heels will hold you back.

08/31/10 • 06:36 PM • Health • Physical Fitness • Science • (2) Comments

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Well, there you go. Yet ANOTHER reason to blow off running/doing sports. wink

Posted by Elise on 09/01/10 at 03:13 PM

Or, as an emailer pointed out, the emphasis is on *indoor* sports ...

Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 09/01/10 at 05:15 PM

 

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