High heels may make a woman’s legs look terrific, but one company in Britain thinks they are health hazards. The company has even gone as far as banning any female employee from wearing heels over one-inch tall.

Apparently they’ve tried to but the kybosh on high heels before, but now they’re claiming to care about the risks of women’s health. The company is saying that a high heel ban would help eliminate foot and back pain. While I’m not a high heel wearer myself, I do think it should be a woman’s right to wear them.
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I’m definitely a habitual offender when it comes to carrying a purse that’s too heavy. But it’s more than inconvenient and awkward to carry — it can cause injury.
Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer but the extra leverage has many patients complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.
“I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up,” said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center …read more