Medial / Lateral Ankle Strength & Multi-Directional Foot Mobility This is Part 3 in a 3-part series on Healthy Feet: Heel Mobility for Better Balance & Body Control Stretching the calf and soleus muscles are important for your lower leg and ankle flexibility,...
How Are You Working: Legs turned Toe-Out, Parallel, or Pigeon? This article is Part 2 in a 3-part series on Healthy Feet: Heel Mobility for Better Balance & Body Control Little, seemingly insignificant posture habits can set you up for problems, pain and injury. ...
Use the Standing Agitator Exercise to Free Up Your Feet, Ankles and Heels Heels and ankles need to be limber and move freely so that they can help us balance on uneven surfaces. Check to see if you have strong, flexible heels and ankles with this quick and easy ankle...
Part One - A Simple Ankle Exercise and Foot Fitness Test for Alignment, Balance Body Control This article is Part 1 in a 3-part series on Healthy Feet: Heel Mobility for Better Balance and Body Control. A really important task that our feet provide for us is...
Are You Measuring Up? January 23rd is Measure Your Feet Day: It’s Time to Check In with Your Feet and Check Up on Your Shoe Size. Remember when you were a kid and your mom put you up against the wall or door-frame and measured how tall you were? Wasn’t it fun to check...
Ellen asked me a great question about what shoes I recommend wearing when teaching Pilates. Of course our clients exercise in bare feet or socks, but what should a Pilates teacher wear on their feet? Ellen’s Question: I do get on the reformer to demonstrate during...
A Workshop for Focused Foot Fitness Training Discover the Secrets to Healthy & Happy, Pain-Free Feet (No Pilates experience required.) Good health starts from the ground up! Whether you walk or run, taking good care of your feet is an important part of...
I received some great foot care questions from Matt about leg alignment, toe out walking, and orthotics! And he's not the only one out there challenged with these problems... Foot Care Questions: "I apparently pronate and have had custom orthotics for decades. I...
Do you ever have heel pain? Do you feel like your ankles like to roll out to the sides? Or has anybody ever told you that you pronate your feet when you walk or run? This Heel Exercise with a Strap is a nice exercise to get the mobility that you need for your heel...
A building will topple to the ground if the foundation for its structure isn’t sound and stacked correctly, one brick on top of the next. We increase our risk of injury and unnecessary wear-and-tear on our system if our human structure is out of whack. The...