Ballet heels

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Ballet Boots

Ballet heels are shoes or boots that force the wearer to stand en pointe like a ballerina, that is with the ankle and toes fully extended and full body weight on the tips of the toes and not on the ball of the feet. This is accomplished by the shape of the toe box and by having a 7 to 9 inch (18 to 23 cm) heel.

Besides being difficult to walk in, this position exerts, without good training, excessive forces on the feet and ankle and is thus potentially dangerous to stand in. Some have reported cramping from the continuous overextended position of the ankle. Naturally talented persons might exist, though, with the skill to stand in them for prolonged sessions.

Because of the awkwardness, injury risk and potential pain many users limit their movement to sitting and lying positions while wearing the ballet heels and they can therefore be viewed as bondage clothing, too.

Ballet heels have been manufactured in latex, leather and PVC but the most readily available ones are PVC or leather. Like other boots they came in all lengths from thigh highs to ankle booties. Even mules exist, but they provide no support for the leg.

Hints

Some have reported that buying a size larger than usual boots and using regular ballet dancers' pointe shoes, with their toepads, on your feet inside the ballet boots, can make standing and walking in them easier, while some forgo the pointe shoes but recommend using the pads.

It could be thought that the shafts of the boots could provide support for the ankle, especially since most ballet boots are laced and could be laced overly tight, thus ankle boots provide more support than shoes; knee boots are better still, but there is no extra advantage from thighboots. This is obviously not the case with shoes and mules without lace-up ankle sections.