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Location: London, England | Hi Kristi, Yes, it would be nice if rehabilitating abductor hallucis solved all the world's problems  Glad to have been useful. What exactly you do might be a tricky one even for a specialist-in fact, everyone's feet are tricky-twenty six bones crammed in to badly fitting shoes ensures that  . Looking at my post, it was very specific. In all likelyhood, for maximum benefit, you will also have to rehabilitate joints further up the kinetic chain, especially as you mention knee, hip, and low back pain-all these areas are put under an undue strain by problems of the big toe-or vice versa-chicken and egg situation. A quick tip for yoga practice. On the outside of your ankle, you have a prominet lump which is called the lateral malleolus-it's the end of the fibula-the one on the inside of the ankle is called the medial malleolus, and is the head of the tibia. Try to identify which postures-and you may find that this includes nearly all of them, pull the lateral malleolus away from the sole of the foot-the standing postures, supta virasana, pashimottanasana (see how the soles of the feet turn towards each other in inexperienced students). All these movements will be increasing the tendency for the big toe to be pulled laterally-as the outside of the ankle pushes out, so the base of the big toe is pushed medially, resulting in the big toe being pulled laterally. That should keep you going for a couple of lifetimes If you are ever in England, give me a shout, no charge-I love helping solve this problem, the look on student's faces when they can do something to combat pain and increase health and performance is more than enough Nick | ||
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Veteran Posts: 258 | >>>>>>If you are ever in England, give me a shout, no charge-I love helping solve this problem, the look on student's faces when they can do something to combat pain and increase health and performance is more than enough <<<<< Thanks a lot for this Nick, I really appreciate it and I am looking forward, we do come to England every now and then. >>>>>>>A quick tip for yoga practice. On the outside of your ankle, you have a prominet lump which is called the lateral malleolus-it's the end of the fibula-the one on the inside of the ankle is called the medial malleolus, and is the head of the tibia. Try to identify which postures-and you may find that this includes nearly all of them, pull the lateral malleolus away from the sole of the foot-the standing postures, supta virasana, pashimottanasana (see how the soles of the feet turn towards each other in inexperienced students). All these movements will be increasing the tendency for the big toe to be pulled laterally-as the outside of the ankle pushes out, so the base of the big toe is pushed medially, resulting in the big toe being pulled laterally. That should keep you going for a couple of lifetimes <<<<<<<< And that’s interesting input and task for an Iyengar-enthousiast to explore | ||
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Location: London, England | Hi Kristi, Good stuff, look forward to seeing you. Another tip-you mentioned trying to position your toes. Try what is called the 'short foot.' It basically utilizes not only abductor policis, but other foot and ankle muscles to pull the knee directly over the foot, and therefore helps to position the joints of the leg to avoid pain and bad posture. If you look over in the astanga thread, you'll see I was using it there in the post to Caroline. It involves tigthening the muscles which cross the sole of the foot, so that the pads of the toes are simultaneously pulled back towards the heel-not enough to scrunch the toes, just enough to make them all press down into the floor-if your foot positioning is good, you should feel that the ball of the foot presses against the floor harder. you may also notice that the lateral longitudunal arch running along the outside of the foot becomes more visible-as you tighten the foot properly, the arch lifts. Again, not much force is required for the best effect. You then try to train movements in the joints further up the leg so that they encourage short foot, not detract from it-you then have the concept of bandha, whereby the gluteals, adductors, hip flexors etc begin to tighten the body towards the most optimal posture. I'll try to get some articles up some time on my site so that you can have some nice pictures Nick | ||
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