In a nut shell this ; how do you teach/perform foot doming for intrinsic foot muscle strengthening?
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IMO, sit on a chair with one leg extended out in front of you, foot plantarflexed at the ankle joint , the heel of the subject foot on the ground . Now flex your toes from plantar flexed to dorsiflexed ,back and forth .
Keep moving the toes as you draw your foot back towards you and the whole of the subject foot comes into contact with the ground . As the toes plantarflex they will now push the ball of the foot up from the ground .
Congratulations ,you are doming .
Under supervision from a qualified person ,sitting on a chair can be progressed to standing to add resistance .
You should experiment with this simple cue before teaching your pts but I have found it to be 100% effective with my pals work colleagues etc .
Also note that I am not a physio or podiatrist and so far nobody else seems to be using this cue . Use it at your own risk but it all seems pretty obvious to me .
How physios from the world of ballet didn't figure this out before is a bit of a mystery since they dome their free feet habitually.
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