One of the most common foot deformities, bunions can cause a lot of pain and affect your lifestyle. Bunions can limit your ability to wear certain shoes, cause pain when walking and prevent you from doing certain activities or exercises. Often blamed on genetics or footwear, it is actually our foot type that is one…
Category: Great Toe Mobility
Great Toe Mobility : The Linchpin to Movement Longevity | (Part 3 – Correctives & amp; Client Programming)
Over the past couple days we have been reviewing the anatomy and functional assessment for great toe mobility. Again I am very happy by the positive response and interest by so many professionals in this topic. It shows this increasing awareness to the importance of the foot and foot function which makes me…
Great Toe Mobility : The Linchpin to Movement Longevity | (Part 2 – Functional Assessment)
I am very happy to see the overwhelming response to yesterday’s Part 1 of 3 blog posts in our Great Toe Mobility series. Based on the responses it seems like many of you are already considering the great toe and it’s mobility during your assessments – great job! In today’s post we are going to…
Great Toe Mobility : The Linchpin to Movement Longevity | (Part 1 – Anatomy)
This past weekend I was fortunate to present at the Perform Better Summit in Providence, Rhode Island. This 3-day educational event is comprised of some of the best educators and most enthusiastic professionals in the industry. A common theme throughout a couple of the sessions was the association between great toe mobility and…
How To Help Your Bunion Booty With Bunion Bootie
It’s Saturday morning and you are on your way to your favorite instructor “Toning Tony”‘s killer body conditioning class. Famous for his squat series at the end of class you continue to endure this weekly punishment as you are committed to get the “glutes of your 20s” back. You are in the middle of…
Big Toe Biomechanics: Beyond Dorsiflexion
The average adult takes between 5,000 – 8,000 steps a day. Often completely unaware of the complex motor programming that goes into each step we take, walking is one of most common movement patterns taken for granted. In today’s blog we are going to focus on an aspect of gait (or rather a joint) that…
Foot Function and Fascial Lines: The 1st MPJ
Fascia. A term that just a few years ago had little meaning in the performance and fitness industry. The days of foam rollers collecting dust in the corner have been replaced with courses specializing in fascial dissection, trigger point release and rehab programming related to fascial lines. As we enter this paradigm shift in the…