How To Toughen Your Feet

Feet are a vital part of us. If we have problems with our feet, we will have troubles elsewhere in our bodies. It is a worthwhile discipline to take proper care of your feet, to make certain that they remain healthy and strong well into old age.

Each foot is made up of thirty three joints, over a hundred ligaments and twenty six bones. It is your task to keep all your foot parts aligned correctly. You can improve your feet by learning to lift your arches, spread your toes and center your weight over your whole foot. Learning to do this will help your muscles to move better, your backbone to stack as it should, your center to engage and your posture to improve. Here are some exercises that you can do to strengthen your feet and in turn aid the rest of your body.

1. Increase your ankle stability

Start by lying on your back, knees bent and feet flat on the floor hip distance apart. Your feet should be about sixty centimeters away from your butt. Lift your toes so that only your heels are on the floor and your feet are flexed. Then from your heel to the tips of your toes, slowly roll your feet to the ground and lift your heels until only your pointed toes are on the ground. Replicate the entire practice approximately ten times.

2. Strengthen those arches

Lie on your back, knees bent and feet flat on the floor hip distance apart. Your feet should be about sixty centimeters from your butt. Lift both arches and draw your toes in towards your heels. Next relax the arches and glide your heels towards your butt flattening your feet. Repeat this process until your heels are close to your butt. This activity resembles a worm. Now reverse and take your heels towards your toes. Your toes should flatten and spread as the arches flatten. Carry on until you are back to where you started. Duplicate the above practice three times.

3. Elongate the foot ligaments and perfect your alignment

Sit on the floor with your legs outstretched in front of you. Bend your left knee ninety degrees and place the outside of your left calf on the top of your right thigh. Interlace your right fingers with your left toes. Spread your fingers and inch them forward until your toes are webbing out between your fingers. Close your hand and let your foot completely relax. Keep holding your foot and make large circles with your ankles. Do six circles in one direction and after that six in the other ahead of switching feet.

4. Strengthen your ankles and foster correct gait

Lie on your back, knees bent and feet flat on the floor hip distance apart. Your feet should be about sixty centimeters from your but. Roll your feet onto their inside edges keeping the insides of your big toes on the floor so that your feet look like wings. Next roll your feet to their outer edges so that the outsides of your pinkies and heels are on the floor. Repeat this process gradually walking your feet away from each other until they are between sixty and ninety centimeters away from each other, then walk them back together. Do three sets as described above.

That's it. It doesn't take to much to keep those feet healthy, so make sure to schedule a little foot time into your busy week.

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