FOOT TRAINING 5: Heel spur

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EQUIPMENT:

• Lacrosse ball (Available in our stores)

• Slight elevation (stepper/stair step)

• Hand towel

• Theraband

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PROCESS:

• Achilles tendon stretch on step

• Big toe mobilization in quadrupedal position (stretching the plantar tendon)

• Pulling the foot up with Thera-Band (strengthening the shin muscles as antagonists of the plantar tendon)

• Calf raises with towel (strengthening the calf muscles and stretching the plantar tendon)

• Foot helix (mobilization of the foot structures)

• Foot push (activation of the flexor hallucis longus to anchor the big toe)