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What sort of injuries can happen to your ankle from wearing heels and how would avoid them?
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High heels: High heels adds stress to the ball of the foot which could cause bunions, hammertoes, stress fractures. It also shortens your calf muscle putting stress on the achilles tendon and cause plantar fasciitis. In other words it keeps us in business. :) the best thing you could do other than wearing lower heels, is to stretch the calves.
Answered 2/3/2013
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