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Erica Denhartog has quite a collection of sexy designer shoes.

Erica DenHartog:

I like all kinds of shoes, especially the higher the heel the better because they make your legs look so slim.

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After years of walking in pumped up platforms, Erica is developing hammer toes and suffers from plantar fasciitis.

Erika DenHartog :

It was painful in my arch, really painful in my arch and in my heels.

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Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the band of tissue that connects the ball of the foot to the heel.

Andrew Cassidy, DPM:

Due to mechanics, pretend my hand is that plantar fascia, when the foot steps down, the heel bone swings out like this. That allows your arch to collapse in.

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The right shoes will keep that arch from collapsing and putting stress on the area. For Erica, that means it's time to shop for new shoes.

Erica DenHartog:

I had to do what he told me to do. And he told me not to wear my nice shoes anymore and I didn't like that.

Andrew Cassidy, DPM:

The bulk of what women think is cute is structurally unsound.

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Structurally sound shoes have three traits. A closed heel. That means no sandals or flip flops. Plenty of room in the toes. The shoe should also bend in the toe, not in the arch.

Andrew Cassidy, DPM:

If you can fold a shoe in half, there's no shank running down the center of that shoe giving it stability.

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It may not be something women like Erica want to hear, but how a shoe feels is more important than it looks.

Andrew Cassidy, DPM:

Women think that their feet are supposed to hurt because their mother said that and their grandmother said that. And they aren't supposed to hurt.

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For Erica, that means changing the way she thinks about what makes a shoe sexy. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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