Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Picking marble up with toes.
If you suffer from plantar fasciitis many of the small stabilization muscles in your feet and toes may be weak and inflexible.
Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day.
Picking up marbles or some other small object with your toes is a great way to build strength coordination range of motion and agility in your feet.
10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise.
Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
Repeat with the other foot.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
To strengthen the toes and feet you need to use them in ways you wouldn t normally such as picking up marbles with the toes.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.
Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container.
Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
Don t be discouraged if toe and foot exercises are difficult at first.
I dump a jar of marbles onto a towel and have to pick one marble up at a time and drop it into the jar.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
Repeat with the other foot.
You can use any small items e g.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
I repeat this twice.
After picking up each marble or pebble grip it with your toes then try to place it in the drinking cup or mug.
Toe raise point and curl.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
Coordination motor planning as the kiddos are trying to pick up one or more marbles they need to coordinate keeping their toes closed around the marble as well as moving their leg and foot over the bucket to drop the marble in.
How often should i exercise my toes.
Multiple times the kiddo would have a marble in their toes and then they would focus on moving their leg and foot.