TWO-INCH HEELS... FOR A SIZZLING SEX LIFE

HEELS have helped make many women feel sexier and, it seems, that translates into physical benefits, too.

Researchers at Shanghai’s Fudan University, quizzed 1,263 women about the height of the heels they wore — from under one inch to more than three inches.

They found that those who wore two-inch-high shoes tilted their pelvis just enough to make the muscles there contract, keeping them in better shape and likely to contract more strongly during orgasm.

But it’s not just your sex life that can be improved with a pair of two-inch heels.

Four in ten British women struggle with bladder control. And a study published this summer in the journal Translational Andrology And Urology reported that two-inch heel shoes are just the right height to keep a woman well balanced and also to strengthen the muscle fibres in the area.

‘Wearing shoes [like this] for more than eight hours per day was protective for the pelvic floor function of women,’ they explained.

In turn, this could support the muscles that open and close the urethra — the tube that runs from the bladder to outside of the body — helping to prevent leaks.

However, the researchers did add that it was important that the heel width of the shoes should be around three centimeters wide, in order to keep the wearer’s body centred.

...AND A SHAPELY CALF

TWO-INCH high shoes, like these worn by Lily-Rose Depp, may tilt your legs at such an angle they make your calf muscles work harder — and even make them firmer.

‘An added benefit of heels is that they can help tone your important leg muscles,’ says Mr Kumar Kunasingam, consultant orthopaedic surgeon of the schoen-clinic.co.uk.

‘High heels do augment and build muscular calves as women become used to walking and effectively balancing themselves with the added height.

‘The toning effect can reach the calves, hamstrings and even glutes, as shoe heels effectively tilt us naturally forwards as we place them on our feet.

‘The wearer then has to work to keep upright by slightly leaning backwards to stand straight and walk forward.’

Podiatrist Simone Paul, of The Third Space Medical, says heels can improve circulation in the legs, too. ‘Two-inch heels activate the calf muscle, which is good for circulatory flow to the feet and legs, as well as providing arch support [in the foot].’