29 Apr Toe Walking – Toes Pointed Out
HOW: Start in a standing position. Rotate your legs outward. Push into the ground while your legs are rotated out lifting your body up and your knees straight(only rotate them as far as you feel comfortable with) and walk for the amount prescribed. Focus on...
29 Apr Toe Walking – Toes Pointed In
HOW: Start in a standing position. Rotate your legs in and have your toes attempting to face each other. Push into the ground while your legs are rotated in lifting your body up while keeping your knees straight(only rotate them as far as you feel...
24 Feb Pogos – Wall Support
HOW: Keeping your hands on the wall for balance, hop on both legs. Don’t allow your knee to collapse in, most of the motion should be coming from your ankles. Think of yourself as a rubber band or a spring loaded coil. Be bouncy! FEEL: You...
16 Feb In-Line Balance – Half Kneeling, Eyes Closed
HOW: Start in a half kneeling by having one knee bent up in front of you with your foot directly in line with the knee that is down on the ground. Stay tall while looking straight ahead. Close your head and hold this balancing...
16 Feb Double Inside Hop to Medball Throw – Sideways
HOW: Begin by holding a medball at your waist with your body perpendicular to a wall. Slight squat down by bending both knees and hinging forward at the hips. Shift your weight to the outside leg(away from the wall). Hop two times with that...
10 Dec Tibial Rotation – Slider
HOW: Begin in a seated position in a chair. Place a slider underneath one foot. Your ankle should be under your knee. Keep your knee still as you rotate your foot out and back in only rotating your lower leg. FEEL: You won’t feel...
10 Dec Face The Wall Squat
HOW: Start by facing a wall. Stand as close as you can to it with your feet up against it spread about shoulder width and your toes slightly facing outward. Raise your arms up overhead. Use your core and hip muscles to pull your...
18 Sep Seated Ankle Inversion – Band
HOW: Anchor a band under the bottom of one foot. Cross the other leg over placing that ankle on top of the other knee. Loop the band around the foot. The band should be pulling your ankle/foot down. From here, move your foot up...
28 Aug Wall Sit – Toe Lifts
HOW: Lean against a wall with your back flat against it and your feet out in front of you. Slightly bend your knees and sit into a small squat on the wall. From here, lift your toes up as high as you can. Do...
28 Aug Single Leg Reach – Frontal
HOW: In a standing position, shift your weight to one leg. Bend that knee and reach out to the side as far as you can comfortably go and tap your toe. Stay balanced on the one leg as you bring the leg back and...
