Foot and Ankle General Strengthening Program

Strengthening exercises for the foot and ankle are numerous with some helpful and some possibly harmful. I hope that these exercises will give anyone looking to strengthen their feet and ankles a good start. After 30 years of being a podiatrist, the word is finally out. People need to strengthen their feet and ankles. The video shows the basic program taught by our physical therapy staff at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. Patients can monthly increase the number of sets and reps done, and change the exercises to make them more challenging. This is a great 3 to 4 time a week program when you know you should be building up the strength in these poorly often neglected feet of ours.

Foot Strengthening Exercises: Who Has Lost Their Marbles?

This is another of a series of foot strengthening exercises that I am presenting in this blog. Metatarsal Doming/Arcing and Playing The Piano exercises have previously been shown. When you add flatfooted balancing exercise (separate post) and Inversion/Eversion Thera Band exercises, you can develop a good program to strengthen your feet. Remember to do foot strengthening exercises in the evening when tiring your feet will not matter. You can start these exercises daily to make them a habit, but three days per week will gradually give you stronger feet. See the links below to the other posts on foot strengthening.

http://www.drblakeshealingsole.com/2010/11/foot-strengthening-basics-of-metatarsal.html

http://www.drblakeshealingsole.com/2010/08/video-flatfooted-balancing-exercises.html

http://www.drblakeshealingsole.com/2010/08/video-on-ankle-strengthening-eversion.html

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