How Working On Feet Can Improve Balance

October 12, 2020

A testimonial to the benefits of looking after your feet:

This gymnast rolled her ankle, spraining ligaments in her foot as a result of a miss timed landing.

Months of rehab did not help her improve her balance. An MRI showed now anatomical explanation for her in ability to balance, basically everything had healed.

But…someone forgot to tell her brain. The nervous system was still acting like her ankle was injured. When she wanted to balance she couldn’t co-ordinate the contractions to provide a stable base for her to stand from.

In our session we simply freed up all the bones in her foot and helped her move them into full pronation and supination.

Then we worked up the chain allowing her hip, knee and ankle all to flex at the same time her foot went into pronation. This reminded her brain what the correct ‘firing’ sequence was, and literally 5 minutes later she was able to balance again.

If you have chronic pain or muscle problems don’t give up hope. Sometimes the answer are simple…you just got to ask the right questions.

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