Toe raise point and curl.
Marble pick up exercise.
For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls.
You can use any small items e g.
Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you.
Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container.
Not only is it a fantastic way to improve strength and flexibility in your toes and feet but it can be done almost anywhere.
Don t let the simplicity of this marble pick up exercise fool you.
This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes.
How to do the exercise.
Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
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.
Sit on a chair with both feet flat on the floor.
10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise.
Put 20 marbles and a cup in front of you.
Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day.
I repeat this twice.
How to do the marble pick up exercise.
Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Repeat with the other foot.
This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet.
Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.
You will need marbles a bowl and at least one foot with toes.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
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.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup.
This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch.
This exercise will get easier the more you practice.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.