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.Â
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Get Healthy, Pain-Free Feet with Exercises on the Yamuna Foot Savers
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!
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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:Â Toe Circles!
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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!
Summer Foot Safety Tips with Podiatrist Dr. Robert Klein
It used to be nobody talked about foot care! How wonderful to see this Fox News Headline Health interview with Podiatrist Dr. Robert Klein as he provides some great tips to help maintain healthy feet.
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Foot Care Tips for Avoiding High Heel Pain
Just tripped across a video news clip from WNBC on Tips for Avoiding High Heel Pain. Oh the things women do in the name of looking good and feeling sexy! So how many of you have experienced foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back pain and now are thinking your poor-fitting shoes might be part of the problem? Or perhaps you never realized that your stilettos might be a big part of the problem… Our feet (as well as the rest of our body) shouldn’t hurt. Pain is the red-flag that there is something we need to pay attention to and take care of. Ignoring things and hoping that it will just go away is never a great option.
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Fantastic Feet Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis and Bunions
I recently received these great questions from Cynthia about picking the right exercises from my book Fantastic Feet to help with plantar fasciitis and bunion issues. Thought that there might be a few other people out there searching for solutions for foot care and foot exercises that will benefit these two common foot problems.
Here are her questions about Plantar Fasciitis and Bunions and my suggestions to benefit healthier and happier feet:
Dear Aliesa,
I must say that I have just recently pulled out your book, Fantastic Feet! Exercises to Strengthen the Ankles, Arches, and Toes. I bought it a few years back. I have had plantar fasciitis in my life and also bunions. Now my 14 year old son has very sore feet from soccer….so much running. I pulled it out to see where I can help him. I want to give him a limited number of exercises that would give him the most benefit but with the least amount of time since it will be hard for me to keep his interest….that is also true of me. I would greatly appreciate your advice in that area. I know it is his heel that hurts but it does not seem like what I had as far as plantar fasciitis. It looks like his whole bottom of his foot hurts.
In your book, I would like to be able to see a foot ailment and the exercise or exercises that would most benefit that area whether it be sitting or standing. That would allow me to pick and choose which ones are best for what is happening right now. I think the problem is that I am pressed for time so a suggestion on what to do if you have 5 min, 10 min, 15 min etc would be good. It looks overwhelming as it is, though it may not be, it just looks that way.
Thanks, Cynthia
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Hi Cynthia!
Glad that you pulled my book off your shelf and are revisiting the foot-care exercises in Fantastic Feet! I know it’s a challenge to get teenagers to do things that are good for them, but if he can learn some things now, hopefully they will be tools he can use for a lifetime to keep him pain and injury-free.
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Upcoming Fantastic Feet Workshop at the Pilates Studio of Little Rock
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Check out this AWESOME WORKSHOP!
Fantastic Feet! Exercises to Strengthen the Ankles, Arches, and Toes
with Aliesa George and Centerworks®
Discover:
- Why it’s important to focus on foot fitness!
- Lots of easy exercises to help you improve strength, and flexibility!
- How this simple foot-care system can help reduce foot pain!
- Enjoy healthy and happy feet! And the rest of your body will feel better too!
Don’t miss this FUN, exercise-packed Fantastic Feet Workshop!
Thursday, February 26th from 5:30 – 8:30pm!
Location:Â The Pilates Studio of Little Rock, 5515 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, AR
To register contact www.PilatesLittleRock.com
P.S.
If you can’t make it to this workshop…
Check out all the great foot-fitness products available at www.foot-care-help.com
Studio Owners – If you’d like to host a workshop at your facility, contact Aliesa George now!
Great Press on NPR for Pilates and Foot Exercises – “How to Keep your Feet Happy”
Great Press on NPR for Pilates and Foot Exercises – “How to Keep your Feet Happy”
I’m thrilled to see foot-care and foot exercise making national headlines!Â
 Did you happen to see or hear the news? I’m not a regular National Public Radio listener, but fate stepped in and brought it to my attention. So how did I find out?  It was a double whammy….which to me was a sign that I had to check it out.Â
