Shoes - Part Deux (or is it Trois?)

Parabeagle

About 2 million Americans are injured annually in falls; 40% are caused by footwear. Of those, apx. 400,000 are due to high heels.

That one's for Sam and Rad x;-)

82 Americans were killed by bears between 1906 and 1995. 140,000 injuries and at least 22 deaths a year are attributed to injuries related to stuffed animals.

Whirlwind

Hmmm...I wonder if the potential perils of footwear and stuffed animals are compounded by sporting bunny slippers.

ray a

Careful Beagle, I have it on good authority that Sam is one tough chick. If she reads this thread, she may threaten to deck you while wearing her high heels.

System

Beag, I challenge the source of your statistics. I tend to think most of those injuries are caused by parent's tripping over their kids' shoes.

Besides, it's not WHAT you wear, it's HOW you wear it. It takes practice to learn how to glide in heals and platforms. After one or two embarrassing splats, you've got it.

. . and those heals are 'equalizers' in more ways than one.

:-)

Parabeagle

Sam, Ray called you a "chick." You gonna let him get away with that?

ray a

Beagle, you gotta say it with the right tone of voice.

System

'chick?' tone of voice? I can't deny my gender, but c'mon Raymond ! Isn't 'chick' a little 'yuppie', dude?

rad

I have yet to suffer a shoe related injury, although I have inflicted them on others. While in a conga line at a party, I stepped on my friends foot and my heel left a gruesome looking scar right on the top of her foot. I keep telling her it adds character. Come to think of it, I stepped on my sister's foot at our brother's wedding and scarred her too. Maybe I should keep an eye on that. :-?

JudyT929

As I've said before I don't really like to wear shoes, however, the only broken bone I've ever had was in my foot when I tripped last October while walking my dog. Ironically, I was barefoot at the time. That didn't make me start wearing shoes more it just made me stop walking the dog.

Death by stuffed animal? If it's other than babies ya gotta wonder what those people were really up to?

HRinNH

The only time I've seen "danger" in heels is on folks that probably shouldn't be wearing them... Like earlier this summer when I saw a guy in Wal-Mart wearing a leopard print mini skirt, white lace thigh-high stockings and 5" white spikes.

ray a

I didn't realize Beagle was in NH this summer. I've heard of women standing on soft ground wearing heals then falling backward when their heels sink into the ground.

Parabeagle

Never been to NH - too cold and the people talk funny. x;-) (just kidding)

HRinNH

No Sah, you must be confusing us with the SOUTHeasterners.

HRinNH

Yikes, that would be really embarrassing at a garden wedding! x:-8

System

I've got them stuck in rubber floor mats and in a brick sidewalk.

I expect Safety to jump in here soon.

safety

The only shoe injury I’ve encountered in my life was in high school as a cross-country participant. In a meet a runner fell in front of me and I had track shoes on with one inch spikes. My only choice was to step on him and I have no doubt he incurred at least five puncture wounds from my shoe.

I also question the validity of the numbers, sounds like another case of junk science, especially if the statistics came from OSHA.

Oh, Sam, what were you referring to as getting stuck in rubber mats and brick sidewalks, heels I assume? If that’s the case I’ll give you a prescription for a cure, don’t do that. Wear shoes that are not of the spike type, I know you have a plethora of choices in your closet.x:D

rad

I lost the heel of a favorite pair in a brick sidewalk. I kept walking, the heel stayed put. Good thing there was a Gap nearby (where isn't there a Gap nearby) and I was able to buy a cute but over priced pair of flip flops to make it home in. My neighborhood is all brick sidewalks and cobblestones, but walking on my tip toes strengthens my calf muscles.

I had a quasi shoe related injury due to cobblestones. I was at the Tower of London and those of you who have been there know that the spaces between the cobblestones are wide and deep. Well, my FLAT walking shoe got stuck in the space, down to the side I went, breaking my ankle. It still hurts from time to time in the winter; can I get intermittent FMLA for that? x:P

JudyT929

The Wolf Files has it's own take on the wearing of stilletos:

3. … To Wear High Heels
This should get shoe-loving ladies pumped up: Researchers at the University of Warwick in England say women who wear 3-inch heels are actually less likely to suffer joint problems.

Conventional wisdom has long held that high heels can cause arthritis, especially in the knee, and that's why women are more than twice as likely as men to be hobbled by such ailments.

Nevertheless, the university's recent study of 111 women, ranging in age from 50 to 70, showed that 67 percent of the ladies experienced no pain after years in fancy footwear.

Women were actually much more likely to have knee arthritis if they were obese or engaged in years of demanding physical work, such as housework, researchers say.

Obviously, if you are wearing stilettos, you're not planning on working too hard nor are you likely to stay home stuffing your face.

safety

I expect Sam will have a comment on your post Judy./:)

Shadowfax

My dad always said if I worked hard enough, I could eat anything I wanted. Turns out he should of told me to wear stilettos and I could be sveldt and lazy. It's a great country!

Parabeagle

Since both Sam and Safety are questioning the statistics, I will give the source: I made them up. x;-)

No, seriously, they were published in the August 27, 2004 edition of Injury Prevention & Cost Control Alert.

System

There's no problem in gathering and printing statistics. The error comes from the interpretation of the numbers or conclusions based on not enough facts. Fact is, women who wear stilettos are athletic and agile. Consider the Radio City Rockettes, Tina Turner, for example. Now a real study would include interviews with them, Rad, and me.

ray a

I just keep wondering if I were to start wearing stilletos if my knee problems would go away.

HRinNH

Ray, I think Sam said they should only be worn by the athletic, agile types... /:)

rad

Thats right! I can chase toddlers in my stilettos, climb on step ladders to clean cabinets (much to the dismay of my VP when I do it at work), and shop, shop, shop! I must admit, I am quite agile, and wearing heels keeps my legs strong. I have both knee and back problems but since I am more aware of my posture in heels I have less pain than when I wear flats. Yes, occasionally, I do wear flats. Occasionally.

POPEYE

No wonder there are so many injuries surrounding stilettos:

Webster says - A small strong dagger; a pointed instrument for making eyelet-holes.

And people wear these on their feet???

I always thought a stiletto was an Italian switchblade.

ScorpioHR

''I once highjacked a plane . I demanded that they take me to Paris.
Well, no one took me seriously.
Granted, maybe I should have had a better weapon than a stilleto heel.
Has this happened to anyone else?''

Ha, I must be catching the european sense of humor...this was in a thread on another site!!!Then I came to peek in the forum and voila! a thread on stilleto's...lolx:7

Parabeagle

It was probably Sam. She won't rest until there's a shoe thread on every site she visits. x;-)

System

I'm being implicated unjustly! If you'll recall, the tread was more in line with sensitivity training. Obviously didn't do much good. There are some things that men simply cannot grasp; i.e. the number of pairs of shoes required to complete a respectable wardrobe.

ray a

Scorpio, don't tell us you got that from a ... "Shoe Forum"?????

POPEYE

Maybe CARNIVAL???? or even better

PAY LESS