Bill DanielsOwner/trainer, Beyond Fitness online · Personal Trainer & Pain Science Expert Helping People Move Without Fear

Strengthen your foot for better balance and less pain

7 Oct 2022 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, Bill Daniels of Beyond Fitness Online introduces the "short foot" exercise, designed to strengthen the muscles of the foot arch. He explains that a strong arch can help alleviate knee, hip, lower‑back, ankle, and foot issues. Bill demonstrates the movement by first scrunching the foot to feel the arch muscles contract, then repeating the motion while keeping the toes relaxed and releasing slowly. He emphasizes a controlled, slow execution and encourages viewers to try the exercise to see if it reduces their joint discomfort, inviting them to follow for more tips.

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Hi, I'm Bill from Beyond Fitness Online. This week I had several clients that had issues with their knees, hips, lower back, and ankles. And in all of these cases, I was able to help them by doing an exercise called short foot. So I wanted to show you that exercise right here. So the purpose of this exercise is to strengthen the muscles along the arch. So the first thing I'm gonna have you do is just try to scrunch your foot as much as you can and feel these muscles right in here get nice and tight. After you've kind of gotten a feeling of what that is and you've kind of got the sensation down here, what we're going to do is you're going to do the same thing again, but try and leave the toes relaxed. So it's going to go here and then let it out nice and slow. So again, it's just flex that arch, let it out really slow. Try this out, see if this helps out the issues that you're having in your knees, ankles, and feet, and follow me for more tips like these.