Style Theory: The Barbie Movie Made Me Question EVERYTHING! (No Spoilers)
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Are high heels bad for you? Ladies, you may have wondered this age-old question at some point in your life. And with Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie coming out, we thought there was NO better time to answer it. Should you wear high heels or opt for flats like Birkenstocks? Today, we find out!
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#BarbieTheMovie #Barbie #HighHeels #KillerHeels #Heels #BarbieDoll #BarbieGirl #BarbieMovie #MargotRobbie #RyanGosling #Shoes #StyleTheory #FilmTheory #Matpat - Навчання та стиль
Do I wear heels? No. Do I plan to start wearing heels? No. Did I still test my ideal heel hight after watching this? Yes.
😭😭😭 same
no heels, but I want to now that I know I'm 3in
Me too
so real
Want to do this right now, but it's 11:15pm so I can't ask anyone, and I can't do it by myself 😭
MatPat is the only one who can make a whole theory video out of the way someones foot is shaped-
dont- dont say it like that
@@Mr_Rykes why- why?
it's- it's true
The foot fetishists are probably getting excited.
You need this 9:38
As a ballet dancer who does pointe around 4ish times a week for around an hour, this video was hilarious and a little terrifying.
too relatable omg
i do pointe like once a week cause i do it more for fun (safely i promise) and yeah, the achilles tendon thing was a little spooky.....gonna start doing more stretching lol
as an ex-pointe dancer, my achilles are still SO tight 😭😭
Yes but i dont do pointe and i am just a toe walker 😭
I was actually thinking, ok what about ballet 😂
Tbh I went into this thinking "What am I gonna learn about this" but then I remembered that I trained for 13 years to stand in my feet like Barbie one purpose without heels... ballet is a hell of a drug
I do figure skating and we have to train our ankles, and skates actually can be considered kitty/low heels.
I do it while running so I can go faster
Barbie one purpose without heels... 👠👠👠 Ballet is a hell of a drug for real life
For real life it does
you trained for thirteen years to toewalk?
What's more broken is Barbie made a shortage of pink paint all around the world
Just googled it. It's true.
I’m color blind so I can’t see the problem
@@ked49💀💀💀
They could always mix red and white paint if they ever run out of pink paint.
Actually, Mary Kay needs to take some responsibility for that as well.
My mum was a dancer and spent most of her teens and adult life in high heels. As she got older, she of course thought flats were more sensible… and it caused seriousss pain. Turns out that her Achilles tendons had indeed shortened and tensed over the years.
Olivia.
@@liamlabrie-wb3gm yes?
this happened to me, as a toe walker my achilles tendons were super short. I ended up going to the doctor because I tore them in basketball practice my first year.
@@livtempleton lmaoo why'd they call you out like that and then dip??
Your mom was a “dancer” lol
Fun fact: someone i know is obbsesed with weraring high heels, she wears high heels sandals in the house, high heels shoes when she goes to work (and she runs/walks fast in her evryday work) and just basicly wears some evrywhere.... so much so that her feet hurts when she wears "normal" running shoes
With all this in mind, I’m curious to see what you have to say about the “barefoot shoe” movement, which completely ditches the heel to encourage the arches of your feet to support themselves. I’ve noticed that since switching to minimalist shoes, my feet, and arches, have become stronger, not weaker.
But that’s just me
There is a difference between barefoot and a flat sole. A true barefoot shoe will have only have a thin layer between the foot and the ground. A flat sole has cushioning and most likely a slight heel and toe lift, while barefoot shouldn't do any of that. I remember my gymnastics shoes giving me nearly as much freedom as barefoot, but wearing gymnastics shoes outside were preferable due to the surfaces.
Yes me too i’m really curious about the pros and cons of going shoeless (or barefoot shoes too) and about the constriction regular shoes put on our feet :)
I am interested in this aspect also.
Thin soles, but also they allow toes to spread out. When your toes are spread out your own arches get more pronounced (for many feet anyway) and encourages your foot muscles to support that structure
Who said I can't wear my Converse with my dress?
Well, baby, that's just me 🎶
But, Matt, what if I _do_ want a chronic illness Barbie? That would be true representation for me, after all.
Same here!
It would just be a Barbie doll but it's broken
@@bigjalapeno7061 what I picture is like, wheelchair barbie but also it comes with optional replaceable limbs that are just floppy and have bandaids (or compression tape) all over them around the joints and the accessories are like, tiny pill bottles, a cane, an iv pole, BUT also some kind of entertainment like knitting or a game system lmao
@@ellespoonies Me covered in tape right now would appreciate being seen. Chronic joint pain isn't fun. Which is also why I wear barefoot style shoes (especially one pair from Xero Shoes) because I can't handle foot stress like that. I just walk a little differently so I don't get any pain. Or I just wear Crocs, I've been wearing the same pair for over a decade. According to this, I could wear the tallest possible shoes, but my chronic illness makes my balance horrible.
@@joylox oh my god, yeah, chronic joint paint is my least favorite part of my diagnosis honestly. it really does interfere with daily life the most out of everything, at least compared to other regular symptoms. as a kid it feels like such a normal daily annoyance but man once you get older it’s just a straight up regular annoyance.
I'm kinda surprised you guys never went over shoe shape and how it affects the feet. The heel might not be the issue but what the shape of the toe of the shoe definitely has an impact on your health.
Interesting
Maybe someday since shoe shape is a problem every shoes have. This video is specifically ankle height
as someone with a short and wide foot, i have had quite a lot of trouble finding ice skates that fit me, since they often taper by a lot at the end. my current pair of skates bunches my toes together and stretches my sock back (but i've seen worse; a friend of mine once had her pinky toe bent in her skate).
although shoe shape isn't exactly relevant to the video, i think it's still worth mentioning, so thank you!!
For real life it does
I would love a whole episode about the right shoe for you. As someone that hates wearing shoes with a passion and has never gotten one that feels comfortable, it would be an interesting topic.
For me, my different foot size is a problem. Just for example: My right feet might fit size 37, but my left feet were too big and it wouldn't fit. Etc.
Birkenstocks are usually made with cork, which do absorb the impact of the foot, and in Birkenstocks especially they have arch support, which make it one of the better sandals to wear. 7:10
Well the real ones are but not fakes.
The movie hasnt even been released and MatPat is already cooking up theories-
One may wonder if he has broken into the privileged class that allows pre-screenings, previously only open to the movie critics/reviewers.
ikr
6 and 1/2 inches… I wore a 4 inch heal with an inch lift once and my parents looked at me like I was crazy when I told them it felt comfortable. I’m not crazy it’s just my foot. Thank you matpat
Wow your feet are flexible mine is 2 inches sorry if the your feet are flexible sounds weird
Lol
mine was 5 inches :0
@@Phoenixashes-zx7vtyes, yes it does
I like High heels they are comfortble
Now it's making sense. I've always heard conflicting information, some saying we should go back to when we had no shoes(so shoes like Zero shoes) because the foam and arch support makes our feet weaker, but then like you mentioned the impact of the ground wears down the bottom of our foot. So it's hard to tell which advice to take.
It all boils down to what you find most comfortable. Because chances are, the option that’s most comfortable is also better for your body.
9:31 STANK FEET HAS ME HOLLERING AND CRYING THE WAY HE SAYS IT
As someone with a high arch, I can say that wearing a supportive heel or wedge is more comfortable than wearing vans or converse.
Right? Im so mad my most comfy heels were destroyed. Cant find anyyyyy like em again sadly
I just measured mine, and while I don't think I got it just right yet, my initial estimate was a whopping 6 inches. No wonder I'm so comfy in them.
I didn't know this
Me too!!
But it could also be influenced by the fact that when I barefoot I’m a chronic toe walker
@nobody9240 same!! I don't know why, but walking on my toes just feels right
Oh my gosh I never thought the Barbie movie out of all things would have a theory but I mean expect the unexpected from MatPat 😅
Slay
If paw patrol and Garten of Ban Ban get a theory video, then everyone does.
@@PhonyLyzard the reason why Garten of Banban was even made was to get Matpats attention.
he could make a theory about a video containing nothing but pictures of beans.
@@lucasmatthiessen1570 Lol.
6:14
Who's leg is that MatPat?
his wym
@@xmmademoisellex it was detached from him
@@IrregularityRowan nah he's just flexible
@@xmmademoisellex understandable have a great day
This actually helped me learn about how much I need to try high heels… and also about my foot posture I guess.
Since, for most of my life I have been called tippy toes and told that it can cause foot problems, this episode is really helpful for me to learn the truth.
Slay queen
Yes same, but I have hyper mobility so my tendons can’t shrink
@@LC-zz4olsimilarly here, though my heels are very sensitive to pressure so after my diagnosis when I went to physical therapy and they insisted I needed to start walking with a more sure heel strike I found the tendon wasn't my problem...
Same here, I tiptoed because of autism
@@LC-zz4olomg me to and it made the first 13 years of my life so painful
One thing I wished he would talk about in this video is ballet.
The Barbie stand is one of the most common stands, it's a six stand on releve, or demi-point if you have points shoes.
And one of the things that you need to work on the most when learning point is training a strong ankle.
I'm not sure but quite a few years back I think he made a video about ballet. And from what I heard about it from elsewhere, I think it's gruesome to have little children do it.
The early barbie movies are ballet and even in modern fairy tales, the dances are still ballet-esque
When he showed how the body compensates in heels, I felt a bit of horror. I have 10'ish years of local pointe training, nothing super intense, but I immediately saw why heels are awful for the average person. They don't have the full body training and ankle flexibility to align their bodies to the heels. The moment I saw that iconic shoe shot, I knew whoever's feet had been used for it probably had ballet training because the lines were perfect. I was right.
@@heatherkaye6362 , I don't think that the person is standing,probably sitting.
But yes I can feel and see how it helps to be In heels
@@QuintarFarenor When I took dance, we weren't allowed to do pointe until a certain age (I think it was 12?). I still had weak ankles because I never practiced, but they wanted us to have the strength training first.
4:47 ow I hate that, I have to stretch every day to fix it but I forget
When swimming, you always need to have your feet bent like that, so it is natural for swimmers but if you’re wearing high heels, it would start to hurt because it is basically a brace keeping your door in place compared to swimmers who can change the position at will.
and swimming works without as much gravity pushing on the body compared to walking around with heels
Just one note here. Birkenstocks aren’t completely flat. They have that arch in the sole which helps the foot.
they dont actually do that, it's proven they're bad
And the sole is also quite thick.
I had two barbies with flat feet and loved them because they had way more moveable joints, but they were an olympic gymnast and a figure skater. I think the movie forgot about those Barbies
My surfer Barbie had flat feet too!
I got a beach barbie with rubber feet, I chewed on her feet
Given the splits that Weird Barbie was doing, she could have been ex-gymnast or ex-cheerleader.
This is genuinely very interesting. I get really bad back pain after standing on my feet all day, but I feel a real difference depending on which shoes I'm wearing. They can be fancy sneakers with memory foam and still give me back pain, but my cheap 5 cm heel ankle boots don't. I'm gonna go measure my foot and see if that's why!
5:44 As a person that wears stilted shoes, I see this as a win
Out of all the flat soled shoes they could have offered her, they pick the ugliest kind of shoe to offer her?! 🤦 There are so many cute flat soled shoes out there!
I think that’s part of the point. It’s supposed to be the opposite of what Barbie is used to.
It's definitely supposed to be symbolic of the "real world" and "real life" in comparison to Barbie's world
I like it tho I’m a man
@@cyborgbob1017 I also like it as a girl, btu the one I have is yellow so the brown color at least might make it look world than it could be.
Not that ugly tbh, just a very common, realist, flat shoe. I would wear it for a quick walk to the supermarket or something
As someone who walks on their toes (short tendon) MatPat , I fully assumed it’d be an attack on us short tendon folks.
Agreed
same ..been a toe walker till 17 and ever since i forced myself to walk on the soles due the heavy steel sole shoes, my ankles and knees are really sore after a few hours…
even my upperback and shoulders are straining by trying to walk and stand straight and mot bend forwards.
toe walkers rise up
@@ramboturkey1926 living on your toes let’s rise up
That was only part of it
As a person who grew up with many a barbies and still has them, there were different feet types. The first is the classic, front facing permanent high heel; that one is the most common and oldest. The second is flat, with a shape that can fit into sneakers and is much more common with modern day Barbie’s because girls began to prefer sneakers because they are more comfortable. The made to move Barbie’s have feet that can change between these two common ones. The plus size dolls also have bigger feet, which becomes very annoying because it’s only a smidge bigger, but it still means their feet won’t fit most shoes. The next is the angled feet, which are bigger and are given to tall Barbie’s. They are the same size as the plus size feet, but just in between the high heel and flat feet hight. The last one I’ve only seen on holiday Barbie’s, but with their stance, their feet placements are asymmetrical with one foot facing the right and the other facing forward. Their shoes are typically pointed on the end and I think their feet are shorter and smaller too? Short Barbie’s may also have smaller feet too, since If I put my shirt Barbie in her sneakers there is a little bit of a rattle with her feet knocking around in the shoe.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
that one part made me think that many things that are nowadays feminine were once masculine. its really interesting how many things has changed and i wonder why, would be interesting to see a video based on that :D
Like the color pink. Pink was a boys color. Blue was for girls.
I understand the whole “find the shoe for you” thing, but I also think that high heels really aren’t healthy. My dad once had an acquaintance who loved walking around in high heels, and that shortened her Achilles heel pretty much permanently. It was painful to walk in anything else but high heels, and she needed to switch even her sports shoes to high heeled because otherwise, she would’ve been unable to walk.
My French teacher was the same. Even when climbing a ladder… even in the shower (we asked)… she always has high heels on. It was just her identity.
Sounds like she really messed up her feet
You never know. Maybe she was already born with a really short Aquilles tendon and when she finally tried on a high heel everything just clicked,
Why go back?
@@carlossandoval6858 Maybe
I feel like we should think of heels as an exersize we wouldn't do squats all day everyday we shouldn't where heels every day all day but doing it somtimes may be healthy
As someone who bought a pair of pink pumps to celebrate the movie and have actually had to wear heels on two different occasions to fix ankle conditions (eventually the conditions revealed a large cyst on my ankle and I got it removed at 16) I honestly don't hate heels as much as I used to. My favorite sport these days is bouldering and wearing heels actually strengthens the muscles which I use for it and I have found that doing squats in heels actually helps with building the needed muscles
Whenever I remember that high heels used to be for riding, it hurts a little inside. I'm not an expert at all, but I've done enough riding to hate the idea of having the stirrup at the arch of your foot.
I'm also not an expert with high heels, but my most daring experience with them was when I was going to my parents house for the holidays. I wore some heeled boots (fairly short heels, about 3 to 4 inches, but on the taller side of what I'm used to) because I didn't want to take up the room in my rucksack, and so I walked the 30 mins to the train station, and then the 2 hours to my parents house, and most of that last part was on fairly rough group. It wasn't as difficult on my feet as I expected it would be.
I was told I had flat feet, but my feet are very hypermobile, but I can't wear heels due to my horrible balance, possibly related to the hypermobility. My favourite shoes are honestly tied between three. Crocs (the ones made in Canada back in the day because they're softer), Vibram Fivefingers in a discontinued style that has more of a thick sole (Spyridon MR), and a pair of boots from Xero Shoes. I like having room for my toes, and I find the flatter the shoe, and the wider the toe, the more grip I get.
3:45
matpat saying "meow" is just amazing
I feel like the heel thing isn't necessarily right either, there are other factors such as if ur foot slides causing ur foot to hurt, if ur toes are properly supported and the height isn't 'solely' on them
TY MatPat and the whole team for bringing this to people's attention! Ive figured half of this out over the years, but OMG
I still learned something ❤
I actually had Planter Fasciitis when I was in marching band since I was walking/marching so much without really any insulation for my feet for the shock. It didn’t happen until my senior year but it was so annoying. It was painful too but it wasn’t constant. It just randomly felt like I stepped on something sharp on a certain point/area of my foot (don’t know how to describe where it was). I also know I would also feel light tingling in that same area sometimes when I was sitting down. Went to an orthopedic doctor who told me what I had and told me of some foot stretches I could do to help as well as getting shoes with better arch support and such. Ended up getting new shoes with much better insoles and over all more cushion (best word I can think of to describe it) for marching and it helped a lot. It was interesting because the store we went to actually specialized in running shoes and had this test/equipment that could tell what type of support you needed, how much, etc. or something along those lines just from you walking some on a correlating piece of equipment. It was really cool and helpful.
If high heels are being described like a really terrible thing wait until Mat Pat ears about pointe shoes! Would actually love an episode on finding the best overal pointe shoe for dancing! (I volunteer to compare them all)
I used to be a toe walker as a child and ended up having to stretch my achilles tendinitis cuz they were very tight and almost locked like if i didn't start stretching them when i did i would have had surgery to fix em
I can relate and i actually did end up having a surgery done to fix that issue.
@@sylvy16 I'm glad it didn't get that bad for me
I love how Mat can make a theory about something or someone
And I wont be surprised that he’ll make a theory that Why Germany’s WW2’s military uniform is so stylish
As a cosplayer dealing with scoliosis and allargic to pain... let me just say that if my cosplay requires heels I always bring padded tennis shoes in the bag. My tolerance is 4 hours on stable and even terrain. Or I get very cranky and bite heads off XD
I’d love a continuation of this doing a deep-dive into barefoot shoes
Theory idea- what are the best ways to lather different kinds of soap? I find bar soap harder to lather then liquid soap, idk if that's just me.
Bar soap doesn't have extra foaming agents. You still get a lather. They are added to liquid soaps for that psychological effect
@@dutchik5107 ah that's interesting. Thank you :-)
totally not just u
Being a dancer, I've never had a problem wearing heels. Being in the studio all these years helped me out lol I didn't do the test but most of my heels are 3.5-4 inches and I find them comfy. I have a couple shorter pairs for when I want to look nice but not too dressed up, but 3.5 inches is my preferred heel height.
i have feet problems and low to mid heels are the best footwear for me, thank you for spreading the truth!!
It depends. My sibling and I have naturally chosen to walk on our toes barefooted since we learned to walk and are fine. On another note my mother always yells at us not to do that for our health as she had a friend who refused to wear anything but heels and stayed on her toes even outside of the heels until her Achilles tendon got so tight she COULDN’T stand normal anymore and it hurt her health
Edit: I typed that in the first 30 seconds of the video and then had to laugh a few minutes later as he said exactly that 🤣
We can always trust Matpat to answer the question we think of at 3 am.
Ever since I started walking, I walked on my toes. My toes are super strong and we’re really close to as in the video! But when I turned 11 I got a surgery. The tendon when shortened doesn’t make it hurt to walk flat, but impossible.
I had this 7:17 and was told that if I keep wearing flat shoes like vans I would probably not be able to run again and it took about 2 months to heal
Do you know why there isn't a pregnant Barbie?
It's because Ken came in another box.
(It's a joke. No need to overthink it.)
damn
I choked on my chick fill a
Wow!
😂😂😂
That is inappropriate but so hilarious 😂
Only Matpat could make a video about feet this cute and interesting 😭💀
This was very informative! I wouldn’t have known that some feet are just better suited for heels to an extent than others. Excellent work 👍!
There’s actually a whole documentary about the origins on Barbie under The Toys That Made Us that goes into way more detail about her origins! It’s really fascinating. Barbie & Ken are both named after the children of the woman who “invented” Barbie.
He’s gonna theorize about everything and no one can stop him.
I've never worn heels, but my result in that test is 4".
I also have super weird feet though. They're flat enough that I wear orthodics in my sneakers to avoid lower back pain, and are of "double wide" width, but my shin bones are also slightly bowed. When relaxed like that, my feet aren't just pointing forward, they curve inwards some as well, so whenever I'm walking it's like I'm pushing my feet outwards. One of the results is that I'm constantly having to remove callouses from the back of the heel where my feet meet the back of the orthodics and the sides of my big toes (which are always a little squished). The size has completely rubbed off of the tags on my sneakers, but I think they're a Mens US 11 4E.
This makes so much sense. I have a lot of different shoes but never really found the right fit except two. But of those two one is broken and one is a size too small (all my shoes are really cheap) just tried this theory and found out those two are the only ones in that perfect hight. I have been looking to buy a new high quality pair, so this is really useful!
i find it amazing that Matpat's videos are almost always appropriate for things I'm worrying about. I've recently just discovered (this week) that I have plantar fasciitis so I have to consult a podiatrist but the formula he mentioned could be helpful for me 😭 Most of his trivia's and other knowledge he shares in videos are really helpful for my studies and daily conversations too. This is why I love this channel. Continue creating, theorists!!
7:25 I had plantar fasciitis from wearing my slip on vans to school every day and to my sports I got so bad I was on crutches anyway now I wear shoes like Nike air max that have lots of support in them
I'm disabled and have severe issues in my knees
I find that heels actually help keep my knees from locking when I walk since they bend too far back normally and wearing heels stops that
As someone with both Chronic Ankle Instability and Plantar Faciitis, I felt this episode
I've never worn high heels- after this episode, I now have several proven medical reasons not to do so
No movie can escape, not even from The Style Theorists!
My preferred stylish shoes have always been 1-2 inch block heels (not stilettos). They've always felt comfortable and I like how I look in them too. I just did the foot test thing and I came out to 1 inch, so I can say the formula works for me!
Very thankful for this video. I was always told that my flat feet were a problem, but shoes with high arches were always so painful. But my body has always been fine with my flat shoes.
I know it’s not the right channel but day 3 of this film theory idea: if Cinderella’s outfit all disappeared at midnight, why didn’t only one of her shoes?
100 percent would love to see this episode but technically, neither shoe disappears. She leaves one on the palace steps and she keeps the other one
@@elainareed2489 well then why didn’t her shows disappear?
@@SpaceFishy idk, like I said, I'd love to see a theory on this. My best guess is that everything else was made from something( pumpkin to carriage, mice to footmen, etc) but I think the shoes didn't come from anything. I could be wrong about that though( it's been a while since I've seen the film)
I did gymnastics as a kid(where you're required to literally be on your toes a lot), and throughout my teen years wore 5 inchers, I trip a lot but haven't once had a sprain or break and can in fact walk sideways over a mostly flat surface. Never would have thought the heels were the reason
Mat Pat: “some shoes go fully vertical!”
Ballet Dancers: * laughs in pointe shoes *
This makes alot of sense and answers alot of questions for me like why I always walk on my toes instead of flat footed!
@@xthestyletheorist ?
I did the test and measured at around 6 inches, so I went to check my favorite pair of heels that I feel most comfortable in, and surprise surprise they are the exact right height of 3 inches
If i was Barbie i would honestly choose the heels too. Who wears Birkenstocks now anyways
My dad
Germans
😅
every american dad ever
As somebody that wears heels a lot on the weekends and even has a pair of “house heels” this was actually really enlightening. I have to do this test now to find out my ideal heel now lol
I needed this video months ago! I love being barefoot and my favorite shoe is Converse. This has caused plantar fasciitis (which is excruciating!) After a few visits to a podiatrist, a change of footwear and some daily stretches, I am feeling much better!
Glad you mentioned the origins in men's fashion. I read somewhere about the iconic red soles on high heels also coming from the French court - a sign that you were a royalist, loyal to the king? A few years back I split my Achilles. I never wear high heels because my toes go numb, but someone said it's easier to walk in high heels than flats if you've had an Achilles injury. I tried it and, whereas I didn't feel entirely safe so took them off again, I will admit that I wasn't in as much pain as when I wore flats. Definitely wasn't expecting that.
This explains why my most comfortable shoes are 2 inch heels and not my sandals or sneakers. Now if only I knew what I'm doing that's so destructive to shoes or what's so "powerful" about riding a bike with the heels I was already wearing
Riding a bike in heels is so powerfull is the same reason it was great for horseriding or those cyclists use those lock in shoes. You push on it when the paddle goes forward as well rather than just kicking it. It locks.
The side pf the heel also tends to be weak though
I love your videos so much i love all of your channnels i reallly appreciate your efforts in your videos!
I was born with equinus and have walked on my toes since I could walk. My doctors have always said I'd snap my tendons eventually but I'm 20 and still can't walk on my heels😅
I actually started having problems a while ago with wearing flat shoes, it makes my Achilles tendons hurt a lot, so I have to either go with a low heel (5-7 cm usually) or make sure the trainers/flip flops I'm wearing are thicker in the back.
Okay but this is actually a really interesting topic. Someone who constantly wears heels/walks on their toes change how their foot is shaped and how the walk permantently.
Speaking of which, the same kind of thing happens to ballerinas! Matpat should do a video about pointe shoes/effects of ballet
Yay mats back glad to give head editer Dan a break and gald mats felling better❤
I think doing a theory episode on the washing of white clothes and colored clothes in the same load would be interesting. see how far you can go in terms of wash/dryer temperature without having any problems.
I'm sorry, but with a name like Emma Supple, I feel like she was BORN to be a podiatrist.
1:24 "you don't need to understand german to see what's going on"
me, a german: the text is extremely mild, like without the pictures you wouldn't guess for a second it could be saucy xD
Thank you so much doing it with no spoilers!! I still have yet to watch the move 😂
arch support is crucial here also .. many ppl havbe two different arches.. so what is ok with one is not the other.. narrowness of shoe and also if u have any differences in leg shape ( yeo that plays a factor here and shape of foot ... also if right step or left step .. its very intracite.. side note i worked at a medical shoe shop and i have to learn all of this and how to properly measure feet and test peoples breaks in step alot goes into a shoe
Thank you Theorists for keeping up the important work of making sure I always have enough “um actually”’s to annoy my family with
id love if you dive deeper in the shoe history and dace shoes territory bc depending on how and for what activity the shoe is made, the weight distribution is different. even for heels of the same height, one can be more comfortable and supportive than the other depending on the shape of the heel. while modern pumps tends to have thinner heel that starts from thevery back, vintage/antique shoes are VERY different i terms of the heel placement.
One thing not taken into account is arch support not letting you utilize the muscles in your feet, which makes them atrophy. There's been studies done with autopsies on patients that had plantar fasciitis and almost all of them had atrophied muscles and tissues under their feet. Best practice would be to use those muscles and strengthen them, but obviously doing that too quickly with too big of a transition will hurt you.
I did the test, and I got 3 inches, I was honestly surprised because my go-to shoes are my vans, I’ll test out some higher heels soon lmao
This helped me so much! I never understood why I wasn’t comfortable in tennis shoes and why they gave me stabbing pain when they were supposed to be “healthier.” I just measured and it was at 7 inches! No wonder I get pain wearing flats
6:04 It sounds like something that would help me pivot my roundhouse
Quick question
Did I miss it, or did MatPat _not_ explore the concept of 'reverse' high heels (where the shoes that you wear would have wedge shape with the bulky end under your _toes_ instead of your heels)?
7:25 yeah, if i walk for a while it literally starts to fell like my foot is getting ripped in half, but i cant wear anything that isn't flat bc if sensory issues
Hell I found out why my feets feels like getting stabbed after school! Thanks matpat and team theorist.
I used to have this issue 4:36
And had to get surgery
I have this issue and will probably get surgery
I did research on Barbie years ago the model used to make the doll was based off "build lilli" but barbie is actually based off of the creators's daughter Barbara. So probably best to not compare barbie to demonization because Barbara is a minor.
Love your content keep up the great work
It's crazy but because of my OCD, I always minimise the amount of contact my feet has to the floor to reduce dirt germs etc., which means I always walk around the house tip toed.
This may have increased my blood pressure and also added to my anxiety, and as a side effect I once tried my friend's high heels and I'm a natural at it.