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
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'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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
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 :)
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
@@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...
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.
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
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
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.
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
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)
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!
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.
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.
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?
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
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!!
"Let's say you don't need to understand German to get Lilli's vibe." The vibe is more like "Oh, pretty women, they get away with everything!" Because the German is something like: "Your impatience is unbearable! I've told you for half an hour that I'll be done in a second!" "It's for you. Should I say you're tackling serious problems?" and finally "What I love the most about Christmas is the joy of giving - How I envy men that privilege."
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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
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
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!
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 🤣
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
I have basically no arch so even though I’ve been told my whole life that it’s super important to buy shoes with arch support, I’ve given up and just started buying vans
Fun but not fun fact- Children who constantly walk on their tip-toes whilst their body is still growing, don't stretch their feet enough and lead to a shorten/not fully developed Achilles tendon. Some can be fixed with physical therapy, but others require surgery. My little brother had the surgery on both legs where they cut his muscle/tendon and stretched it out using a soft cast then later a boot. Barbie lore theory- If barbie has been walking on her tip-toes since her childhood, it could explain why as an adult her feet are still tip-toey. She just never straightened her feet so its physically impossible for her to do so without months of PT and/or surgery.
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.
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 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
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
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.
3:44 when mat said “me-ow” i instantly got flashbacks to the dead apple dub scene where dazai meowed. like they literally said it the same way ong.. could matpat secretly be a bsd fan :0
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.
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
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
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?
@@Monster.Under.Your.Bed1 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)
Just one additional cautionary note: before wearing heels, make sure both feet are the same size. In my particular case, my right foot is just a smidge under 13, but my left is a solid 14. That made finding a single pair of work boots that would fit me a real nightmare. And while I’d like to think that I’m the only person in the world to have that problem, statistically it’s unlikely.
As a kid, I used to wear slip on shoes that had rubber heels (wedges? i dunno, the physical heel of the loafer-esque shoe) that were, maybe, an inch and a half thick? It hurt like a beach when I slapped it on my palm, and made a thunderous clap. I used to throw them at the football kids, like a weird, sadistic game.
I would add a caution to be careful wearing high heels if you have a family history of rheumatoid arthritis. My granny wore high heels through most of her adulthood (1930s and 40s). Eventually it got to a point wear she could NOT walk with a flat foot. Not like the Barbie movie, tho. When my granny would stand without shoes on, only her food pad and heel would make contact with the ground. It was very uncomfortable for her, so she would literally have to put her high heels on just to walk around the house. Needless to say, I've never owned a pair of high heels, because I would worry my feet would be damaged like that.
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.
When he started talking about men Wearing high heels i started screaming "YEEEES LETS GO" bc i like when matpat goes to the past to prove a point. Also bc i think men in heels should become normal again Edit:TYSM FOR THE LIKES :3 I'm popular now
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.
You should do an episode for the way our shoes are made for fashion and not for the way are feet are actually shaped. And how by wearing the shoes we are now we’re are micro dosing foot binding.
In my personal experience as someone who grew up as a chronic tiptoe walker, my legs are MESSED UP! And my ankles constantly pop out of place and are painful. When I was in Norway visiting family my aunt said children who walk on their tiptoes are taken to physical therapy because it’s considered a disorder of some kind! Very interesting overall
Arch supports are actually harmful and weaken your arch because you stop using the muscles to maintain it, the best shoes for your feet are barefoot shoes
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.
So i have this thing where i walk on my toes because i never grew out of it and its a bad habit. this single episode has told me more about myself then i know
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
the RUclips shorts like the blue bunny in the short with the guy who wears flannel and glasses and then that same guy showing up in speedrunning and more
I'm at the start of the vid and I can already tell that you probably don't want perfectly flat shoes it's way to much stress on your achilles tendons so it's better to have little heels not as extreme as high heels but still , it's important ^^
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
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 😭
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.
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?
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
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
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
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 🎶
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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
I walk like I'm wearing high heels even though I'm not...
Same
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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This actually helped me learn about how much I need to try high heels… and also about my foot posture I guess.
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
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)
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
8:45 perfect matpat out of context clip. Idk how I haven’t seen that in a matpat out of context compilation yet.
9:31 STANK FEET HAS ME HOLLERING AND CRYING THE WAY HE SAYS IT
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
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
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!!
"Let's say you don't need to understand German to get Lilli's vibe." The vibe is more like "Oh, pretty women, they get away with everything!" Because the German is something like: "Your impatience is unbearable! I've told you for half an hour that I'll be done in a second!" "It's for you. Should I say you're tackling serious problems?" and finally "What I love the most about Christmas is the joy of giving - How I envy men that privilege."
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.
We can always trust Matpat to answer the question we think of at 3 am.
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.
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
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 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.
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'm sorry, but with a name like Emma Supple, I feel like she was BORN to be a podiatrist.
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 😂
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.
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!
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 🤣
I've never worn high heels- after this episode, I now have several proven medical reasons not to do so
I’d love a continuation of this doing a deep-dive into barefoot shoes
I do ballet Mat, we stand on our heels all day, I WALK AROUND MY HOME WITH BARBIES FOOT SHAPE WITHOUT THE HEEL, I got this.
Mat Pat: “some shoes go fully vertical!”
Ballet Dancers: * laughs in pointe shoes *
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matpat saying "meow" is just amazing
Only Matpat could make a video about feet this cute and interesting 😭💀
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
I have basically no arch so even though I’ve been told my whole life that it’s super important to buy shoes with arch support, I’ve given up and just started buying vans
Fun but not fun fact- Children who constantly walk on their tip-toes whilst their body is still growing, don't stretch their feet enough and lead to a shorten/not fully developed Achilles tendon. Some can be fixed with physical therapy, but others require surgery. My little brother had the surgery on both legs where they cut his muscle/tendon and stretched it out using a soft cast then later a boot.
Barbie lore theory- If barbie has been walking on her tip-toes since her childhood, it could explain why as an adult her feet are still tip-toey. She just never straightened her feet so its physically impossible for her to do so without months of PT and/or surgery.
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.
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
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
Where's my PTSD Barbie, ADHD Barbie, and OCD Barbie?
Why is the cowboy boot the only acceptable heel for a man to wear?
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
Thank you Theorists for keeping up the important work of making sure I always have enough “um actually”’s to annoy my family with
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
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.
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when mat said “me-ow” i instantly got flashbacks to the dead apple dub scene where dazai meowed. like they literally said it the same way ong.. could matpat secretly be a bsd fan :0
No movie can escape, not even from The Style Theorists!
He’s gonna theorize about everything and no one can stop him.
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.
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
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
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?
@@Monster.Under.Your.Bed1 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)
Sometimes I don't know what am I even expecting from a theorists channel. Amazing research!
Just one additional cautionary note: before wearing heels, make sure both feet are the same size. In my particular case, my right foot is just a smidge under 13, but my left is a solid 14. That made finding a single pair of work boots that would fit me a real nightmare. And while I’d like to think that I’m the only person in the world to have that problem, statistically it’s unlikely.
I have that problem, too. My left foot is slightly bigger than my right foot. Makes finding a new pair of shoes a pain...
As a kid, I used to wear slip on shoes that had rubber heels (wedges? i dunno, the physical heel of the loafer-esque shoe) that were, maybe, an inch and a half thick? It hurt like a beach when I slapped it on my palm, and made a thunderous clap. I used to throw them at the football kids, like a weird, sadistic game.
I would add a caution to be careful wearing high heels if you have a family history of rheumatoid arthritis. My granny wore high heels through most of her adulthood (1930s and 40s). Eventually it got to a point wear she could NOT walk with a flat foot. Not like the Barbie movie, tho. When my granny would stand without shoes on, only her food pad and heel would make contact with the ground. It was very uncomfortable for her, so she would literally have to put her high heels on just to walk around the house. Needless to say, I've never owned a pair of high heels, because I would worry my feet would be damaged like that.
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.
Not even Barbie is safe from Matpat😅😂
Thank you for the " no spoilers" warning. Might have been a couple of years before I actually watch this
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
3:44 Never thought I'd say this but MatPat meowing is absolutely amazing.
Hell I found out why my feets feels like getting stabbed after school! Thanks matpat and team theorist.
When he started talking about men Wearing high heels i started screaming "YEEEES LETS GO" bc i like when matpat goes to the past to prove a point. Also bc i think men in heels should become normal again
Edit:TYSM FOR THE LIKES :3 I'm popular now
yes i definitely think it should become normal again. Also other dumb gender norms like pink being for girls should be removed imo
idk, never liked heels, always felt like they were fake extra height.
@@ProjektTaku Yea, but it's not really fake tho, since it's very clear to tell if someone's in high heels
@@areyoudumb4372 I guess, just feels weird.
@@sylvy16I’m assuming it’s a norm because most guys don’t actually wanna wear heels
6:04 It sounds like something that would help me pivot my roundhouse
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.
You should do an episode for the way our shoes are made for fashion and not for the way are feet are actually shaped. And how by wearing the shoes we are now we’re are micro dosing foot binding.
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It was at this moment, I looked away from my screen, and stared into the headless neck of my mannequin.
In my personal experience as someone who grew up as a chronic tiptoe walker, my legs are MESSED UP! And my ankles constantly pop out of place and are painful.
When I was in Norway visiting family my aunt said children who walk on their tiptoes are taken to physical therapy because it’s considered a disorder of some kind!
Very interesting overall
If i was Barbie i would honestly choose the heels too. Who wears Birkenstocks now anyways
My dad
Germans
😅
every american dad ever
Arch supports are actually harmful and weaken your arch because you stop using the muscles to maintain it, the best shoes for your feet are barefoot shoes
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.
Me and my family are both cosplaying as different characters for the movie, and I’m so happy rn.
So i have this thing where i walk on my toes because i never grew out of it and its a bad habit. this single episode has told me more about myself then i know
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
the RUclips shorts like the blue bunny in the short with the guy who wears flannel and glasses and then that same guy showing up in speedrunning and more
Matpat: The Barbie Movie Made Me Question EVERYTHING
Me: Especially the fact that it exists.
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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
He can literally make a theory about anything
Thank you mattpatt, this will finally quell my mother's fears.
I'm at the start of the vid and I can already tell that you probably don't want perfectly flat shoes it's way to much stress on your achilles tendons so it's better to have little heels not as extreme as high heels but still , it's important ^^
As someone with both Chronic Ankle Instability and Plantar Faciitis, I felt this episode
MatPat is the only person who could make 1 second response to a question a 12 and a half minute video.