About Wedges

Wedges??? Who didn't know about the thing? Of course, fashionable women are familiar with them.
Wedges is a high-heeled shoes whose the part between the back of the heel and front sol are connected become an unit. The sol on the wedges are made from woods or the same materials of the shoes.


Wedges appear in 1936 which is the creation of the designer, Salvatore Ferragamo. He created a footwear with wedges-heeled. Wedges-heeled are desirable because of the comfort. Wedges healed are designed to support the spine with the wider heeled, stable from fingertips to the heel, and are not concentrated to one point on the foot.


Here they are the advantages of wearing wedges.

1. Based on the opinion of Jacqueline Sutera, a podiatrist and a surgeon as well as the spokesman of American Podiatric Medical Association, wedges make the wearer comfortable. Wedges are able to distribute the weight more evenly on the surface of the shoes.
2. Wedges are fashionable, modern, and the fit friends for hang-out.
3. Wedges are suitable for the women whose the ankle are fat because wedges give a slim impression to the ankle.
4. Wedges make the women are confidence.

But, high-heeled shoes, included wedges also have the disadvantages, such as:

1. They cause the hip and the spine are not parallel because of the change of the angle of the spine and the body's weight is dominant to the front. If this is allowed, then your spine are not upright and straight but tend to the front.
2. The over-pressured on the toes implies the muscles are getting tired quickly and the toes will be bend.
3. The foot often on the tiptoe cause the ankle's joint is not flexible and make the muscle of Gastrocnemus keep the contraction so the muscle become shorter and tense.
4. Adding height is also adding the potential force so the gravity force is also higher. It implies the greater pressure for the lower limb, such as, the joint between the pelvis and the femur, or the knee joint so that the flexibility of movement is restricted.
5. The ankle and the muscle are easy getting an injury.
6. The blood's circulation is not smooth and blocked in some places.
7. Some researchers said that wedges or high-heeled cause the exhaust and urogenital's system and are not smooth. It makes the difficult defecation and urination.
8. Changing the bone shape and the posture.
9. Influencing the fertility and sexual desire.

Since wedges have many disadvantage, we have to be smart in wearing the wedges and on time.

To avoid the problems, these are the solution in wearing wedges.

• Make sure that you have some shoes and use wedges only on certain moments, like a party.
• Choose wedges less than 1 inch high so you can safe and comfort.
• For a daily life, use a flat shoes so that the feet can relax and unwind.
• Do a feet's treatment by walking on stone or a sand on the beach.
• Massage your feet regularly so that the blood's circulation is smooth.

These are the suggestion of the wedges style which you can wear in some moment.

• Formal. Black wedges are made form an imitation leather are suitable. Wear a wrap-dresses. You will looks charming.
• Semi-formal. Wedges are covered on the front part, impressed a pretty and a semi-formal. Choose wooden sol of the wedges that are suitable for skinny or wide jeans.
• Casual. The bright colors are suitable for a casual. Choose wedges are made from fabrics then combine with skirts and shorts or flowing skirts.

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