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Five Simple Foot Exercises
As upright beings, our feet are our base of support. There are 26 bones & 33 joints in each foot to allow the feet to absorb and distribute the impact of standing/walking/running throughout the rest of the body…
Treating your feet to added mobility and strength exercises can free up tension in your calves, hamstrings, hips, and spine. The effects of caring for our feet can be felt in the entire body!
Anatomy Moment: 52 foot bones
Feet have been on my mind lately. Many of my clients have foot pain, and just recently I got back to running after taking some time off due my own bout with it. I like to start my interest in a particular area with the anatomy – if we don’t know what’s there, it’s hard to be able to treat it! Way back in the beginnings of my anatomy geekiness, I was fascinated with the fact that a quarter of the bones of the human body are in our feet.