Do I just accept I can't walk in high heels?

[Nakedavenger74]

I have so many beautiful heels but I'm resigned to only walking in them slowly on carpet at work. Any sign of a tile or pavement and I turn into a teetering newborn giraffe.

What is wrong with me? I walked to work the other day in flat boots and I skidded across a wet wooden boardwalk while a woman coming towards me in sky high heels strode past me solid as a rock!

If I wear heels outside I feel like I'm going to break an ankle any moment and have to walk at a snails pace. Heels end up stuck in pavement grooves, the slightest down slope causes major anxiety. Yet I watched a woman crossing a cobbled street without even looking where she was going.

I've dislocated my ankle about 4 times which I think makes me more cautious. Am I just too anxious for heels? Am I doing something wrong? Is it just that some people aren't built or set up for a heel?

These aren't stilettos btw. Mainly medium high kitten type heels

I feel for you. I can't wear heels either. They look so great but I only get to look at others in them. I can walk in them but I have one foot a half size bigger than the other. If one shoe fits, the other is painfully squashed or the other shoe turns into a flip flop. I can't bring myself to buy two pairs of shoes and throw out one of each.

Sorry no tips for walking in heels other than practise for hours in front of the tv!

Kitten heels and stilettos are hard to walk in as all the weight is on a tiny point. Kitten heels are harder to walk in than a mid heel actually!

Block heels are in fashion and much easier to walk in.

1. Stand up straight - Look in a full length mirror to make sure your posture is good
2. Practise at home
3. Think heel-toe with every step

Flats here too. And no slip ons either- I have to crunch my toes to keep them on and it's painful after the first minuite.

I gave up heels a long time ago. I am short, just over 5 ‘ so could do with the inches sometimes, but they cripple me, I look and feel awful in them so have embraced my flats instead!

If you have dislocated your ankle then probably not.

You may well be hypermobile - I am and regularly go down on my ankles.

I don't do over an inch and a half, never kitten heels or stilettos, never wedges. And no slip ons either as you have to work to keep them on.

I can't wear them now. The highest i could wear in my 20's and 30's was 3 inches. I had some 4 inch ankle boots but realised I looked stupid trying to walk in them!

I can't wear them. Never have been able to. Stupid shoes anyway, all those women wearing them will end up with bunionsAnd they damage floors and lawns. .

Best advice I got was to walk normally i.e. heel down first, and walk with purpose. Even in high stiletto heels. Heels instantly shift your weight forward which is why it feels like you are teetering so you need to consciously readjust this imbalance.

Regular daily heel wearers probably don't need to do this as consciously as their leg muscles, gait, posture etc will have adapted over the long period, probably years, of wearing heels. So the other thing to do is wear them more, and practice a lot!

I never wear high heels, and might never wear them again. I'm happy with this.

yes just accept it.

I wouldnt fancy walking around all day on stilts either. The only time i wear heels is occasionally to dress up for sex. Im uncoordinated and hypermobile and even block heels throw me off balance a bit and kill the ball of my foot.

I accepted no more heels a few years ago and it is so liberating, I can't imagine ever wearing them again now. I also think they look really unattractive on others now, shoes that I would have thought beautiful a few years ago now look strange and uncomfortable, it's a real shift in attitude for me. I notice hardly anyone wears heels during daytime where I live now.

I can't wear them anymore. I've got 2 wedge sandals - one is really comfortable and i can walk loads in it without problem. I have another pair that's slightly higher and although it's comfy I have had a couple of falls wearing them so I am wary to only wear them when I don't have to walk far and the terrain is flat.

Can't wear pointed heels at all - combination of them affecting my knees and having ankles that seem to give.

I live in Docs so when I wear heels for a special occasion I walk like I'm pissed. I wish I could perfect the art but I don't have the attention span.

I had to give up on a lot of heels when my proprioception started to go. How’s your balance?

I’ve lost count of how many times o have sprained my ankle, and the ££££s spent on physios! I now only wear shoes I could run in. Which basically means flat boots or brogues!

I wear block heels during the day usually so like the v front type boots. Work I wear flats or low (2/3 inch heels) and nights out usually 4 inch ones. For modelling I have some 6 inch heels but I'm like bambi in them
Supermarket + trolley is a good place for new heels, you have a flat surface and something to hold on to!

Oh and I've had to wear heels less, only just started with them again as I don't have much feeling in my right leg after spinal surgery so I can be a bit off balance

I can't wear them. I immediately start to worry about the uneven pavement, slipping on leaves, damp surfaces, steps, manhole covers

So now I just don't bother, and have a lovely selection of flats instead!

I share your pain, I have short wide feet, and can't find heels that fit, hence have never learned to walk in them, deeply envious of the effortless gliders.

I haven't bothered in years. I suffer from baby giraffe syndrome too and any time I wear heels I fall. I've injured the same knee badly many times from falling.

I wear flats all the time know and it doesn't bother me. Heels look awkward and uncomfortable to me now.

Ditto Remain wise words.

I get your angst OP. I've broken an ankle (tripping down a one inch step), and cracked a rib tripping over a pair of trainers, so get the wobbly : trippy fear!

Have you tried wedges? I struggle in heels but find wedges much easier and in the summer they can look really nice. Also they don't have to be sky high, a couple of inches can still look glam but far less tricky to walk in!

There are so many gorgeous flats available now - I've given up on heels totally. They hurt, I can't walk in them and I've sprained both ankles badly so worry I'm more likely to do it again. They're stupid shoes.

I bought these for fun (I like Joe Browns shoes, and Irregular Choice). Very comfy and stable

www.joebrowns.co.uk/sp+women-womens-shoes-and-boots-charming-clara-shoes+kc029?coloursel=A

It is probably balance @Battleax. We live in a coastal area and DP prances like a mountain lion over a rocky outcrop whereas I shuffle along cliffs using my hands and sliding down rocks on my bum (tearing my nice new harem pants in the process).