The problem with tension in the muscles and tendons in the feet is that it affects your gait.Moving up through the muscles from the calf, to the thigh and up to the lower back, this chain reaction can lead to a number of inconsistencies. If you learn how to look after your feet, you can learnContinue Reading »
This week, we’re going to take a look at ankle mobility.In particular, dorsiflexion – which is the forward and backward bending of the foot when you’re walking. Having restricted dorsiflexion can have an affect up the back of the leg, into the knee and also into the hip and lower back areas. In particular, looking backContinue Reading »
Ankle mobility is important whether you’re an athlete, someone who just goes to the gym, or every day stepping up and down and changing direction. Decreased ankle mobility is a problem because without the range of movement through the ankle itself, our body compensates in ways that it isn’t necessarily built for – resulting in potentialContinue Reading »
