How many times have you been out and seen women who look totally uncom­fort­able walk­ing in high heels? A lit­tle like they have never walked in a pair of heels before? Yes, it makes me feel uncom­fort­able too!

The old quote, “you have to crawl before you walk” rings very true in this instance. As much as I am not a fan of high heeled shoes under 4 inches, this is where you should start as a begin­ner in order to prop­erly wear and walk in high heels.

I call this, “The Train­ing Shoe”

Before you begin the steps below, make sure that you have the ankle strength to be able to walk in the taller heels. One way to tell if you have weak ankles is if you notice that every time you walk in heels that your ankle wob­bles. That is a sure sign that per­haps your ankles are not as strong as they should be. You can fix this by using strength­en­ing bands daily. These bands come in dif­fer­ent resis­tance lev­els to test and improve your ankle strength.

Power-Systems have Thera-Band exer­cise bands that range from $11.95 to $136.95

Step 1:  Try on the shoes BEFORE you buy them. Get a feel for the shoe before you take it home. Com­fort is everything.

Step 2: Start with kit­ten heels and pro­gres­sively work your way up to the 5 inches +.

Step 3: Walk around your home in the shoes before you try and walk outside.

Step 4: If you still can’t get the hang of walk­ing in high heels check your sur­round­ing areas for classes on how to learn to walk in heels.

Step 5: If after all these steps you still feel uncom­fort­able and wob­bly when you walk then it is prob­a­bly best that you try another shoe or heel height.

Moral of the Story: If you feel uncom­fort­able or wob­ble in any­way when you walk in heels, then train your­self first before you embar­rass yourself.

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