Through personal experience, when traveling, teaching classes, which include T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, herbal information, martial arts, and other medical techniques, which are included, have been collected and compiled. The article also contains feedback from students and anecdotal information from readers of my columns. These are my opinions and deductions from those sources.
One bow that most people say is the longitudinal bow. This arch runs from the heel to the front of the foot where the toes begin. This is the arch that most people refer to when they say, “You have an arch falling.” it is necessary to use some support or orthotic in the shoe for better support.
The other bow is transverse. It runs from the inside of the foot to the base of the big toe, to the base of the outside of the foot. If this arc starts to “drop”, you can experience many problems. Problems and symptoms with transverse arch fall include hammer toes, instability in the ankles, nails and calluses on the bottom of the foot, Foot Pain and the ankle. It can also be found that they compensate for pain in the foot and/or ankle by knee pain, headaches, muscle fatigue and strained joints can all be caused by falls; flowing, transverse arch. Unlike the longitudinal arc problem, the transverse arc responds well to simple exercises.
The exercises require only minimal equipment, a few marbles, a golf ball and a hand towel, just a couple of minutes. or three times a day.
We’ll start with a hand towel, since most people have easy access to one. Lay the towel flat on the floor and place your foot on the towel. Next, gather the towel from your toes. Use your hand to feel which muscles are doing the breaking. You must use the muscles in the foot, and not the calf. If the fatigue is in the calf muscle, it is bad to use the muscle group. To strengthen and store the arch, it is necessary from those who abduct the muscles of the feet in the calf. In calf muscle relaxer and start again. With a little practice, you will be able to pick up the towel completely under your foot with minimal use of your calf muscles.
Once you’ve seen progress with that exercise, find a ball, no matter the condition. Place the ball on the floor and cup the ball in front of the ball of the foot where the toes are pointing. Begin to put pressure on the ball, and roll it from side to side. This is most easily done by means of balls to the heel. Do not allow the golf ball to go under the longitudinal arch area. Gradually increasing the weight of the group will dissolve old adhesions, strengthen the transverse arch muscles and straighten the fingers. If the ball keeps coming off the side of the foot, put the ring in an old clay pot.
Another exercise requires a few marbles. Place the marble on the floor and select each one using your fingers. Do not use the same thumb all the time, try to pick with different fingers, on one of your weakest fingers. When marble from the floor, roll your foot up and down from side to side as much as possible. Turn your foot high to step in and drop the marbles. Use the whole thumb, not just the tip, to pick up the marble. With some practice, you’ll find you’ve gained greater flexibility and strength in your feet, with less pain walking or standing. Balance and stability depend on the foot. Strengthen your fingers and you will have a better balance.
