Why you need to care for your feet
Live MintIt is quite natural that vanity would dictate working out certain muscles and ignoring others. It may be of particular interest to strengthen foot muscles to maintain and improve an optimal capacity to generate and absorb these forces,” states a review article in the journal Frontiers titled How To Evaluate And Improve Foot Strength In Athletes. Titled Foot & Ankle Strengthening & Stretch Exercise Program For Intrinsics, Arch, Athletes and Runners, it contains a progression from basic sitting exercises to the standing version, before moving on to advanced control drills and band work. But with strengthening and stretching must come mobility: “Ankle dorsiflexion motion is important in multi-directional running tasks to facilitate ground clearance and preparation for foot impact. Consequently, restricted performance in the ankle dorsiflexion test would suggest potential movement impairment, which could alter the mechanics of movement in multi-directional running tasks,” states a Journal of Physical Therapy Sciencepaper called Associations Between Ankle Dorsiflexion Range Of Motion And Foot And Ankle Strength In Young Adults.
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