12 Mar Single Leg Heel Raise – Box Support, Weight
HOW: Stand behind an elevated surface or box. Grab onto a dumbbell in one hand. Place the opposite foot and leg onto the box with your foot flat and knee bent. Stay tall and straight as you push into the ground with the foot on...
12 Mar Pogos – In Place
HOW: Have your feet slightly less than shoulder width apart. Push into the ground with your toes lifting your heels slightly off of the ground in a small hopping motion. Continue this motion quickly as you hop up and down staying on the balls of...
12 Mar Long Sitting Ankle Pump – AROM
HOW: Start in a seated position with your legs and feet together out in front of you. Place your arms to the side to help provide support as needed. Keep your legs straight as you point your toes up and down as much as tolerated...
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...
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...
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...
22 Aug Ankle Eversion – Plantarflexion Bias, Band Around Heel
HOW: Begin in a seated position. Loop a band around an anchor or the leg of the chair and place your foot inside the loop with the band going around your heel. Walk your foot out against and find a good resistance to start...
22 Aug Single Leg Balance On Toes – Band, Anti-Eversion
HOW: Anchor a resistance band at about waist height. Walk out holding the band finding the right resistance for you. Shift your weight onto the leg furthest from the anchor with a slight bend in your knee. Push into the ground with that foot...
22 Aug Single Leg Balance – Foam Pad, Ball Toss Forward
HOW: Stand on one leg facing a wall while on a foam pad. While balancing on that leg with a slight bend in your knee, toss the ball into the wall and play catch with it. Keep your hips facing forward as you throw...
