Is doing the tango bad for your feet?

For normal feet sore from dancing, wearing gel or cushion inserts in your dancing shoes can make a difference. Also using ice when you get home keeps the swelling down. If you're injured while dancing, get some ice from the bar or use a cold can of unopened soda to rest your foot on. read more

In some ways, tango does involve lots of time on your feet, and especially if you wear heels all the time you can cause yourself a lot of pain. I have a medical condition whereby without proper support, my feet lean inwards. read more

In tango (and to a degree in Latin), your general goal is to keep your foot position such that if it were next to your other foot, your heels would be touching and your toes slightly apart. This is called turn-out and is easiest done by opening the hip hip rather than turning the foot, from what I can tell. read more