Good news for glamour pusses: high heels may actually be good for your knees. More than two per cent of people aged over 55 suffer pain as a result of knee osteoarthritis. But researchers at Oxford Brookes University in England wondered why twice as many women as man over 65 were effected. They suspected high heel might be to blame. However,a survey of 111 womwn found those who had regularly worn 7.5 cm heels were more likely to have healthy knees- particularly if they'd danced in heels. Being overweight before 40, heavy smoking and previous knee injury were far more likely to increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis.
( Source : Reader's Digest June 2004 )
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