The visual delights of high heels were the subject of a post on this website on 24 March 2008 – go back and have a look. Recently however, the "high heels issue" was the subject of a motion at the UK Trades Union Congress (TUC), in September this year.
Heel pain can be a really crippling problem at all ages and especially for adult males. I have recently had an email from a 60 year old man complaining of heel pain.
He described "sharp shooting pains in the left heel area. Usually when it comes under tension – even slightly, say from bending at the waist – or on impact – even the slightest."
Many older people suffer a fall with consequent injury such as a fractured shoulder, wrist, hip, ankle or foot. In the UK there is an active falls prevention initiative, promoted by the National Health Service. Not so in South Africa, although we are aware of the problem.
Closed Kinetic Chain Exercise for Joint Rehabilitation was the title of a Rehabilitation Workshop that I was invited to yesterday. It took place at the University of the Witwatersrand Sports Science Institute and introduced me to Reboundology and a quite extraordinary piece of kit called Kangoo Jumps.
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