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Articulating the Ankle: Improving Mobility To Point & Flex Your Feet Are you searching for the right exercises for healthy feet? Are your calf muscles tight? Do you ever have heel pain? Do you hop around with toe cramps? or arch cramps? Are you plagued with Plantar Fasciitis problems? Are you still searching for foot [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Back Pain, Flexibility & Stretching, Running, Walking.
Are You Measuring Up? January 23rd is Measure Your Feet Day: It’s Time to Check In with Your Feet and Check Up on Your Shoe Size. Remember when you were a kid and your mom put you up against the wall or door-frame and measured how tall you were? Wasn’t it fun to check the [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Alleviating Pain & Chronic Health Problems, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.
A Workshop for Focused Foot Fitness Training Discover the Secrets to Healthy & Happy, Pain-Free Feet (No Pilates experience required.) Good health starts from the ground up! Whether you walk or run, taking good care of your feet is an important part of any wellness program. There are lots of quick & easy foot care [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness, Running, Walking, Workshops.
I received some great foot care questions from Matt about leg alignment, toe out walking, and orthotics! And he’s not the only one out there challenged with these problems… Foot Care Questions: “I apparently pronate and have had custom orthotics for decades. I hate them and am trying to wean off by way of store-bought [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness, Functional Movement.
Do you ever have heel pain? Do you feel like your ankles like to roll out to the sides? Or has anybody ever told you that you pronate your feet when you walk or run? This Heel Exercise with a Strap is a nice exercise to get the mobility that you need for your heel [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness, Videos.
A building will topple to the ground if the foundation for its structure isn’t sound and stacked correctly, one brick on top of the next. We increase our risk of injury and unnecessary wear-and-tear on our system if our human structure is out of whack. The Foundation of our Structure is the Feet: To maintain [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.
It’s that time of year when we’re ready to pack up our winter boots and wool socks and start showing off our feet with sexy spring shoes, strappy sandals, flip-flops, or give up shoes altogether and enjoy running through the grass, or walking on the beach barefoot. Have you checked out your Spring and [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.
Alignment of the feet, ankles, & heels is important for foot fitness. It can affect posture, functional movement, gait for walking & running, and may also be a factor for risk of injury, causing foot pain, knee pain, or even back pain! We stand, we walk, we run, we stretch our calf muscles, but a [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.
Trying to be active with foot pain is almost impossible. Walking hurts, running is out, can’t put weight on a pedal to cycle. Exercise comes to a screeching halt and the throbbing reminder that something’s not quite right becomes the sole focus (no pun intended). So you sit, and you eat, and you wait…. Are [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.
Regardless of your sport, ankle pain and foot problems are one of the quickest ways to end up on the sidelines instead of participating in the action. Most of us assume that because we are exercising, our feet are getting a workout too. And while that’s sort-of true – doing specific foot stretching and ankle [...]
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Posted by Aliesa George in All Posts, Foot Care & Foot Fitness.