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Exercise of the Week

🔥 Isometric Great Toe Flexion // Isometric Great Toe Abduction 🔥

👉 Goals:
1️⃣ Improve toe dexterity, neuromuscular control, and strength
2️⃣ Build stronger feet to better withstand the demands of running and reduce your likelihood of injury
3️⃣ Increase great toe strength to push off with more power and better control the toes during walking, running, and everyday tasks

Most of you have seen me talk about toe spreaders and the need to splay the toes for better overall foot health. Like with anything else, you can't just stretch or position a body part and assume it's going to stay like that. In addition to toe spreaders, you must put in the work with these simple drills to strengthen the foot in a way to improve function.

In this video we review the Isometric Great Toe Flexion and Isometric Great Toe Abduction. Both have been shown to positively address bunions, strengthen the foot, and improve performance. They might be tedious, but sometimes it's these simple drills which can create the biggest impact.

There are two muscles in particular we are addressing with these drills... They include the Flexor Hallucis Brevis and Abductor Hallucis. Both are vital in controlling the big toe, stabilizing the foot, and aiding in push-off during gait. Many other exercises will still address these muscles but not in isolation like shown in the video.

Complete these exercises 3x/week for 2 sets of 10 repetitons on each side. I also recommending holding each repetition for 3-5 seconds and focus your attention on the inner arch to build better neuromuscular activation.

👀 Watch the video and comment below with any questions or thoughts...

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