The 10 BEST Foot Exercises!
Saturday. 8.28.04 7:14 pm
1. Sit on the floor with your back straight and knees bent. Slide your feet out as far as you can while keeping them on the ground.
2. Stand on the edge of a stair so that your heels are hanging off the edge. Let them lower as much as possible. You will feel a stretch in your Achilles tendon. Then, do a slow releve and return to the starting position. Try to make the releve as high as possible. Do this several times.
3. Do forced arches in all positions.
4. Using your hands, shape your feet into the fully pointed position and hold it for as long as possible.
5. Flex your foot. Then, point your foot (arch area) while leaving your toes flexed. Point your toes, and then flex them while leaving the rest of the foot pointed. Flex your entire foot and repeat.
6. Do a forced arch on one foot only. Then, leave your foot where it is and bring your arch out. In other words, your foot will be in the pointed position with your toes on the ground. Push as hard as you can so that you feel a stretch on the top of your foot. It is hard to explain but once you actually do it, you will understand. If it helps, some people call this position nuckling over?
7. Flex your foot. Then scrunch up your toes as hard as you can, so that your arch will feel a cramp. This is a GOOD thing!!
8. Roll a tennis ball on your arch.
9. Do sautées in first position, and make sure to go through your foot before coming up off the floor.
10. Put a TheraBand under the ball of your foot. Hold onto both ends and straighten your leg out in front of you. Point and flex your foot.
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