Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Marble pick up exercise.
This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet.
Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
Put 20 marbles and a cup in front of you.
Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you.
You can use any small items e g.
Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup.
How to do the exercise.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Repeat with the other foot.
You will need marbles a bowl and at least one foot with toes.
How to do the marble pick up exercise.
Sit on a chair with both feet flat on the floor.
I repeat this twice.
This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes.
I dump a jar of marbles onto a towel and have to pick one marble up at a time and drop it into the jar.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
Toe raise point and curl.
Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day.
Don t let the simplicity of this marble pick up exercise fool you.
This exercise will get easier the more you practice.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.
This is by far the most difficult exercise.
To strengthen the toes and feet you need to use them in ways you wouldn t normally such as picking up marbles with the toes.
Not only is it a fantastic way to improve strength and flexibility in your toes and feet but it can be done almost anywhere.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container.
All you ll need is a chair and a few marbles pebbles or small balls.
Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch.
For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.