These ankle & foot pain relief exercises and stretches cover everything from plantar fasciitis and sprained ankles to toe cramps, foot cramps and achilles tendon stretches. Watch as Doctor Jo demonstrates a variety of physical therapy exercises and stretches for ankle & foot pain.
Sesamoiditis is a painful condition that affects the sesamoid bones when they become injured or inflamed. The most common one irritated is under the big toe. This is often from repetitive stress on the feet, such as running or dancing. These stretches and exercises should help relieve the pain.
A TENS / EMS Unit can be a great tool for helping to reduce and relieve ankle pain. Here are some pad placements to help relieve different types of ankle pain.
Bunions, aka hallux valgus, can be very painful, but these bunion stretches and exercises can help provide pain relief.
An ankle impingement can be anterior or posterior. While these stretches & exercises are mainly to help with an anterior ankle impingement, they can also help with a posterior ankle impingement.
Ankle sprains are different grades depending on how severe they are. These ankle sprain treatments are for an early sprain where you want to get some movement, but you don’t want to overdo it.
These ankle strengthening exercises can help rehab your ankle or improve your overall balance and gait. Using a resistive band can help increase your strength with a 4-way ankle exercise routine.
Plantar fasciitis is when tissue on the bottom of the foot gets irritated and inflamed. This can be very painful, and sometimes people have a difficult time walking due to the pain. This video shows stretches & exercises that may help relieve the pain.
These stretches for plantar fasciitis are to stretch out the fascia on the bottom of the foot that is irritated to help decrease the pain when walking.
Flat feet, also known as fallen arches, can cause a lot of problems in our feet, knees, and hips. Usually there is a little bit of space underneath our feet where the arch is, but when the arch falls, there is no more space and it changes the mechanics of our gait.
Peripheral neuropathy is basically when you have damage to your peripheral nerves from either a trauma or disease. This can cause your hands and/or feet become numb and tingly. I'll focus on the feet/legs for this video.
Foot pain comes from a variety of things. Since circulation is often not as great in the feet, using a TENS Unit can help reduce pain and increase overall blood flow to the area.
Pickleball ankle pain is a common injury among people of all ages from this popular sport. The stretches & exercises in this video will help strengthen, relieve pain, and loosen up the muscles around the ankle area to help relieve ankle pain from Pickleball.
Heel pain can be caused by a number of things such as heel spurs (or bone spurs), Achilles tendonitis, and plantar fasciitis.These treatments should help relieve the pain.
Swelling in the feet and ankles can be from a number of things. Often it is from an injury, but it can be an injury at your foot, ankle, knee, hip, or even back since the fluid or swelling will often follow gravity.
Our feet are important for almost every movement we do when standing, like walking, running, standing still, climbing stairs, and balancing. They help give our brain proprioception feedback, so we know where we are in space. This is why it’s important to keep your feet strong and healthy.
