the morning after has a new connotation now have you attended a friends party last night and woken up with feet that feels as heavy as your head or have you spent a day working at the office and have a nagging ache in your legs and calves youre suffering from a high heel hangover referred to as the dayafter pain that occurs after long hours of heelwearing it can be extremely detrimentalread alsoas per reports among other issues the late singer prince is also said to have suffered from debilitating pain in his hips caused by performing in platform heels the condition has given rise to a no heels movement where women have been ditching their towering footwear like never before several celebs have taken up an antiheel campaign julia roberts walked barefoot at this years cannes film fest and british actress emma thompson also once accepted her best actress award with no shoes on model cara delevingne has been quoted as saying i hatehigh heels more than anything and victoria beckham announced this march that she just cant do heels anymore heres what the new hangover is aboutantiheels movement gains groundrecently a petition against an ageold tradition of requiring women in uk to wear high heels at work garnered a staggering 100000 signatures launched by nicola thorpe she was sent back home for being in flats at her workplace and asked to turn up in two to four inches of heels the issue even reportedly got the british parliament to consider holding a debate on the issue it also brought into focus alarming repercussions for those who have to wear heels every day health dangers they may instantly add oomph to your look but high heels can cause immense pain and inflict longlasting damage a report quoted a podiatrist as saying the main reason for this is because heels force your foot forward altering the angle of your body so your weight isnt evenly distributed over the spine this triggers pain from your knees all the way up to your lower back so the higher the heel the greater the impact on the front part of the foot leading to blisters corns and even bunions one study found that walking in 3inch heels causes excess boneonbone movement in the knees which is believed to be the cause of a higher incidence of osteoarthritis in the knees another study suggests that these heels may alter the muscles around the ankle leading to balance problems because youre almost on tiptoe when wearing heels it tightens the calf muscles and stiffens the achilles tendon causing leg pain added the podiatristflats arent the answerdont rush to get into your flats yet as they may be damaging as well ballerinas and sandals actually offer little arch support which makes the foot slide around lessening stability it also makes the wearers grip their toes throughout the time they are walking in them this increases pressure on the lower back alters ones