Sit up straight in a chair with the feet flat on the floor.
Marble pick up rehab exercise.
Foot strengthening exercises promote long term healing of plantar fasciitis by sharing the load of weight distribution and impact as well as stabilizing gait problems and pronation both of which commonly cause or worsen plantar fasciitis.
I repeat this twice.
Repeat with the other foot.
Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
How to use marbles for foot therapy.
This is by far the most difficult exercise.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Toe raise point and curl.
Repeat with the other foot.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
Curl your big toe around the marble pick it up and hold it for five seconds.
Repeat the exercise three.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.
10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise.
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.
Why foot exercises matter.
The marble pickup was designed to increase strength in the muscles on the underside of the feet and toes.
According to american academy of orthopaedic surgeons you can exercise the metatarsals by picking up marbles with your toes.
Place a marble on the ground.
To do this exercise.
Learn how to do the marble pick up exercise.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.