Tag: High Heels
Scenario #1: Day 1 of boot camp began at an hour of the day that you only thought existed in horror movies. After more push-ups than your fragile, shaking arms could handle your drill instructor, whom you have renamed Beelzebub, orders you to put on your combat boots. The next thing you know, you are […]
Recently I had to make an emergency trip to my home town for a funeral. No, I wasnt in a good mood, feeling blue as you would expect. I just lost one of the most influential men in my life. I sat in my seat got comfortable, well as comfortable as you can get not […]
Yesterday a woman was accused in Houston of killing a man in a bizarre murder. Investigators say she stabbed a man with her Stiletto Heeled shoes. Now being a podiatrist this caught my attention. Investigators found the woman in the apartment of the victim in the Parklane Luxury Condos in what in Houston is called […]
She’s got legs! She knows how to use them! The Bad: Throughout history women have gone to great extremes with their shoe gear to achieve the desired look. The high heel is by far my favorite. Appealing perhaps, because it gives an impression of being taller and thus more slender and shapely. Other than turning […]
A sweet secret with a 3-inch heel will really make you want to put your foot in your mouth! This Valentine’s Day you can put a smile on your significant others’ face with the delicious blend of Godiva and Louis Vuitton. Jewelry, Flowers, Teddy Bears and Pajamas beware, Cinderella wouldn’t have stepped foot in one […]
You would think that with internet shopping, the need to wake up at 3:30am the day after Thanksgiving to get a TV or Dishwasher for a discount price is no longer necessary. However, the day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest day of shopping all year. This means people are operating on little sleep in […]
Take a good look at your toes. Is one of your toes pointing down instead of out? Does it make an upside-down “V” at the first joint? Ouch. You have a hammer toe. Dr. Jeffrey Bowman of Houston Foot Specialists has been treating this condition for over 25 years. A hammer toe generally refers to […]
I recently saw a patient that was young, healthy, and a new bride. She came into the office with a complaint of severe pain in both of her feet. She had no bunions or hammertoes, just severe pain in her feet and toes. I asked when the wedding was and she replied that it was […]
Do you have a bump at the base of your big toe that is red and hurts in shoes? Does your big toe tilt toward your second toe? Sounds like a bunion. A bunion is a structural deformity of the foot where the long bones, called metatarsals, shift inward. Chances are if you have this, […]
A lot of the patients I see each year come for a surgery consultation. Why? Most of the patients I see have pain when wearing shoes or from any injury. However, women are more likely than men to see me due to the pointy, narrow, high heels they wear and dont want to give up. […]