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How does walking uphill and downhill in high heel shoes affect muscle kinesiology?
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Its all about the: Achilles tendon. Walking on flat surfaces with high heeled shoes on a regular basis causes shortening/tightening of the tendon. Doing so on hills is a bigger issue between the extra stress on the tendon when going uphill and the strain on the anterior muscles of the leg and overall balance when going downhill.
Answered 4/1/2019
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