Hi fellow spineys. Sorry I haven't been around much, but I've been seeing what's been going on, just not responding much.
Anyway, a while back, I bought some beautiful high heel leather boots that I just fell in love with while looking for some tennies. Of course, I had to have them. Well, I went to a concert last night with hubby and friends, and wore them for the first time, even got compliments on how nice they were.
We had a bit of a distance to walk, not too bad, I drove (it was way on the other side of town) and of course we were up and down in our seats throughout the concert. Add to that the need to stand in line at the ladies room and go get water at intermission, and today, my lower back is absolutely killing me.
I'm lucky that I wear tennis shoes to work every day and generally have no need (nor desire) to wear heels, but I did this time and it's really made a negative impact.
Have you ladies found the same thing? I mean, my lumbar has really been doing pretty good since I started my new job, even though I bend and lift a lot, so why would heels do this? Anybody else? Are my lovely new boots destined to stay in the closet while I just looking longingly at them???
Cath
PS Jim Howie, you're probably the only guy who can comment on this post because you've got those beautiful ruby red slippers...
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Heels make me slide forward & bang on those needle toes. They hurt when I'm barefoot, so it's not related to my shoes, but it definitely will aggravate.
I'm scared to even try wearing heels right now due to so much back pain. I can only imagine how much that would hurt.
Maybe you will get off easy & it's nothing more than muscle strain.
Hope you had a wonderful time time at the concert, and I'm sure you were rockin in your boots!
Karen
L3-S1 herniation and bulges, stenosis, mod facet,ddd,impinged nerves,coccydinia
discectomy/lami July 2011-unsuccessful
adr L5-S1 Feb 2012
I haven't been able to wear heels for years. Even before I knew that anything was wrong with my back, wearing any sort of heel would make my back hurt.
I doubt that I will ever be able to wear them again. I do look at some shoes and boots in the shops sometimes, and wish that I could get them, but know that I won't be able to wear them without pain. I sometimes look at people's shoes and wonder how they can stand and walk in them.
STAY OUT OF HIGH HEELS! ARE YOU CRAZY???!!!
Jim
You get what you get, not what you deserve......I stole that from Susan (rip)
Today is yours to embrace........ for tomorrow, who knows what might be starring you in the face!
Heels...Are you kidding???? Sorry, but back and heels, bad Juju breads in my book - be it 10 minutes or more, bad Juju beads!!!
Brenda
I hope today finds you feeling better! I have to say that because I (was) tall... okay, because I was clumsy I rarely wore heels.... but boots have always been my weakness, flat, heeled, whatever!
I guess because my back was always so bad, I never got "into" wearing heels... but I've tried quite a few times with boots...I was able to handle it without too much after effects a few years back, but I would say in the last... 8 or so, for me it's been impossible:( It's not the next day that does me in, I can't even stand up relatively straight now if I try.
I hope you get more comfortable and that you're able to be a bit fashionable without pain
But, like Robin, I'll put the feeling sexy in the memory category - I'm afraid those days are now gone. And like Clandy, it's not just any shoe that catches my eye - I'm not really a shoe kinda gal, I'm not Imelda Marcos or anything. It was just these particular boots that I instantly fell in love with and couldn't resist, even on an unemployment income.
Thanks for sharing with me and letting me know I'm not alone. I really didn't think much of it. I was thinking that the pain might be from going from flats all the time to suddenly wearing heels, but noooooo, it's the lumbar deal.
Dang it! I love those boots, I really love those boots!
Cath
Jim
You get what you get, not what you deserve......I stole that from Susan (rip)
Today is yours to embrace........ for tomorrow, who knows what might be starring you in the face!
I got rid of almost all of mine years ago. I still have two pairs that I look at, and sometimes even put on, that are just beautiful. But I just can't walk in them. Not even from the door to the car.
This year I bought a pair of flip-flops. They are the great N_k_ ones that are cushy and mold to your foot. I haven't been able to wear flip=flops since my surgery and foot drop (wow-I think I just wrote a new county song) ((I ain't wore no flip-flops, since my surgery and foot drop...)
Anyway, I am going to give them a try!!