As a doctor, I see so many patients who come in because they are having trouble with back problems. There as so many legitimate causes of lower back pain, that it takes some time to actually figure out what is going on. In many women, the culprit is those ridiculously high-heeled shoes and boots that they are determined to wear. I tell them to throw those things away because they are throwing their backs totally out of alignment. Sometimes the women listen, and at other times I know they just want me to give them something for the pain. I guess it’s really still their choice after all.