Big Toe Rehab
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⁉️Bunions? Turf Toe? Metatarsalgia? Bunionectomy? If that sounds like you or someone you know (tag them!) listen up to this post!
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🔄Toe mobility is so often neglected - especially big toe mobility. You need good big toe mobility to go through a full “gait cycle” and get adequate push off through the toes. If you’re lacking this mobility, your body will cheat and take the path of least resistance, often times compensating elsewhere like through overpronation or not taking full strides.
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🤷♂️While these compensations may actually be good compensations after an acute injury or surgery, overtime they perpetuate the problem of a lack of big toe mobility as with every step, you’re avoiding putting loads through the big toe! Meaning you get stuck in this vicious cycle of having limited range; and never using the range you have with each step.
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2️⃣Check our the 2nd video for a good toe extension mobility exercise. If you lack range - these exercises are going to hurt. Take your time with stretching knowing that a little bit of stretch over a long period of time is going to make your toe a lot more happy than a super intense stretch for 30s.
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😁Happy stretching and strengthening!
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