Posts Tagged ‘foot care’

A Fantastic Feet Toe Stretch to Help Reduce Toe Pain and Foot Pain

Improve the Mobility of your Toes.  Activate, Lift, & Strengthen the Arch of Your Foot.  Help Improve Gait and Foot Action to Walk & Run Faster and Farther with Happy, Healthy Feet.

How flexible is your Foot?  Do your toes bend easily in each direction?  Can you stand or kneel and tuck your toes way under to be securely balanced on the balls of your feet?  How far do your toes bend the other direction to point, like a ballerina in a toe shoe?  Do you run or walk and have stiff ankles and tight muscles in your feet & toes?  Do your feet cramp up a lot and leave you hopping around with calf cramps or foot pain?  Do you have Hammer Toes that fold and buckle from the middle of the toe joints rather than bending from where the toes meet the foot? 

Foot & Ankle Strength Exercise Tips: Seated Heel Lifts

Do you realize how important good foot, ankle, and leg alignment is when lifting and lowering your heels ?

Here is a very simple (but sometimes tricky) foot fitness exercise to improve foot and ankle alignment.  This seated heel lift foot-care exercise can increase ankle strength, and help you gain body awareness about what your feet, ankles, and legs are doing as you rise on your toes, and lower your heels.

In the News…How to Tie Your Running Shoes

I love seeing great foot care information on the News!  Check out this video clip.  Bruce Wilk discusses three different techniques to properly tie your running shoes.  Discover the differences, and learn how to lace your running shoes (or ALL your shoes!) for improved arch support and healthy feet.

Ankle Sprains Influenced by Foot Position During Walking & Running

Have you ever sprained your ankle?  Did it turn into a nagging chronic injury?

I recently came across a synopsis of a study that was published in the June online edition of the AJSM (American Journal of Sports Medicine) that shows a correlation between ankle alignment and ankle sprains.    Ankle sprains are the most common sports-related injury, and many people develop chronic instability and repetitive ankle injuries.

Interesting Article on Flip-Flops and Foot Pain

Flip-Flops are Great… If You Enjoy Poor Foot Mechanics, Increased Risk of Injury, and Foot Pain…

One of my clients brought me a copy of an article written by Rachel Saslow for the Washington Post, that was recently re-published in the Wichita Eagle newspaper about Flip-flops. 

Foot Care Tips for Quick, Easy, Do-It-Yourself Foot Pain Relief for Sore, Tired, and Achy Feet with a Mini-Massage Ball

Here are some simple foot-care tips to relieve foot pain and enjoy a relaxing foot massage with a mini-massage ball for healthy and happy feet.

Get Healthy, Pain-Free Feet with Exercises on the Yamuna Foot Savers

This easy foot fitness exercise is done with the Yamuna Foot Savers.  Using Foot Savers for foot care  is a great way to stretch and relax tight muscles through the arch and entire sole of the foot.  Use this great foot-care product to help reduce foot pain, Plantar Fasciitis, and other foot muscle injuries.   Answer the questions in my quick foot care quiz and discover how Foot Savers can help keep your feet healthy and fit. 

Improve Ankle Strength and Flexibility with This Easy Foot Fitness Exercise: Ankle Circles

Here’s a video demonstration of a quick and easy foot care exercise that you can practice anywhere to help improve ankle strength and ankle flexibility to keep your feet healthy and fit!

Fantastic Feet Exercise Tip of the Week: Toe Circles

  • Do You Ever Experience Foot Pain?
  • Do You Ever Feel Like Your Toes Are All Jammed Together?
    (especially if you’re a gal that likes to wear pointy-toed shoes!)
  • Do You Like To Wear Flip-Flops or Other Strapless Shoes?
  • Do You Have Hammer Toes?

When our toe joints get jammed together it affects the whole foot.  If the bones of our feet are too close together, the muscles and joints can’t move properly, which means our feet don’t work like they should when we walk and run.  It’s all about freedom of movement!  And we need good joint space to move well.

Here’s a video to demonstrate the Fantastic Feet exercise of the Week:  Toe Circles!

Foot Pain Doesn’t Have To Increase in January!

Just saw this article posted online – “Foot Pain Will Increase in January!”   It says that there is an increase in Foot Pain, because people are starting to get up off the couch and exercise!  Oh the joys of those New Year’s resolutions.   The recommendations are to start slow and get the right shoes to help avoid injury.  I agree with this perspective, a good supportive shoe is helpful, but I truly believe taking a few quick minutes to do foot stretching and strengthening exercises is a critical necessity to help avoid foot pain and injury while you’re increasing your activity level.  If you’re walking, running, cycling, going to aerobics class or Zumba, taking a couple of minutes before or after your workout to do a few  foot specific exercises will keep your feet happy, healthy, and pain free!    My favorite foot care exercises are in the book Fantastic Feet! My favorite toy to help reduce the risk of plantar fasciitis (a common foot pain problem) – Foot Savers!

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