Credit Crises - What Crises ?

[Cyberman]

I see no mention of a substantial number of knee injuries that are also caused by high heel shoes !!

[ace00]

FTSE 100 just dropped 60 points in 60 seconds - crisis back on.

[TimberWolf]

Do trapped nerves relate to nerves in the foot/toes, or in the spine? I ask since back pain causes a lot of sick time off too, and this can be bought on by badly designed shoes (which includes most of them, excluding slippers and trainers).

[AlfredJPruffock]

While the world wrestles with the torment of the Credit Crises - The Pruffock Social Observatory has come up with a simple solution. - the banning of High heel shoes.

In many ways a regretable step, however the savings offered to the broad economy are not to be dismissed - this money would be better given to our Captains of Industry slush funds - sorry our troubled and innocent fianance industry.

The following data applies only to the UK - extrapolate for the globe and there is the solution to the Credit Crunch.


Injuries to feet from wearing high heels cost the nation £29m a year to put right, according to figures out today.


Operations and medical procedures to correct damaged feet can cost sufferers thousands of pounds a time, the report says.


A league table of high heel-induced injuries shows that bunion removal can cost £4,000 a time and £10.5m is spent on this procedure each year.


Toe straightening, the most common procedure, can cost £1,200 each time and £10.4m is spent on this every 12 months.


Big toe joint replacement is also costly at £4,000 a time, adding up to £3.3m over a year.


Corns account for 12 per cent of high heel injuries, and with treatment costing £800 a time, this costs the nation £2.9m per annum.


Removal of trapped nerves can cost £2,000 to carry out, amounting to £2m a year, while ingrowing toenails cost £250 to treat and £200,000 is spent on this every 12 months.


The study of 1,000 women, funded by shoe company MBT, found that those living in Liverpool and Manchester were most likely to suffer from wearing heels, with 45 per cent wearing them every day.


It also found that 42 per cent of the women surveyed reported having some kind of accident in their heels, with twisted ankles and falling over the most common mishaps.