FOOT

 

End Chronic Foot Pain 

Restore suppleness, make foot mobility more hand-like.

 

Problem:

Strenuous foot usage and repetitive activity (driving, working, sports, etc.) slowly displace (slightly twist) foot bones. This increases strain on foot ligaments & muscles, causing them to slightly tighten and preventing them from fully relaxing, such that foot exists in a continuous state of mild clutching. In this condition foot muscles tend to become thicker, shorter & stronger, but also less flexible, making them more prone to minor injuries. People whose job requires repetitive manual labor, athletes, and those prone to lower back pain often develop this condition.

 

Treatment:

All tissues around & between foot bones must be loosened and de-adhered. This allows them to return to their anatomically correct conditions and shapes. Individual bones must move freely, must not be stuck to adjoining bones-- especially the middle bones of the foot (cuneiforms). Tendons (top, bottom & sides of feet) must stretch & glide freely, must not be stuck to adjoining tissues. Once feet are adhesion-free & mobility has been restored, then all the little foot joints will properly realign themselves.

 

Benefits:

  1. loosens and frees (de-adheres) the many small adhesions restricting foot movement
  2. restores suppleness (de-calcifies) all foot tissues
  3. flexor & extensor tendons slide easier, increasing toe quickness
  4. bones rotate back into their anatomically correct locations, realigns arch.
  5. proper arch mechanics alleviates minor joint dislocations in ankle, knees & hips
  6. proper arch mechanics dramatically decreases stress on low back, especially discs
  7. proper arch mechanics dramatically increases low back power, thus work capacity

 

Notes:

     If Cuboid bone is even slightly rotated your entire foot will become involved in compensations, causing tiny changes in all the bone angles, changing the mechanics of foot motion.

     Occasionally one of the little floating bones (sesamoids) that lie beneath the joint at the base of the big toe (tubercle of 1st metatarsal) needs to be slid back into its groove.

     Heel Bruises are usually explained as a squashing of the fatty pad beneath the heel, causing pad to press toward the sides of heel, leaving too little fat on the bottom to absorb shock, and thus heel bone can be easily bruised. But even a nice thick fat pad, if it has become too hard & inflexible, allows the shock of repetitive activity (standing, working, running) to pass right through it, easily bruising heel bone. Softening & mobilizing the fat pad along the entire bottom surface of the heel bone is the treatment that heals many heel bruises, and prevents them from recurring.

     An athlete’s feet become less mobile due to strength-stiffening.