Why do it?
For your legs and feet to work well and reduce the chance of pain, they need to be both flexible and strong.
- To make your muscles strong, we need to make them work!
- To make them flexible we need to make them stretch!
These exercises stretch and strengthen all the main muscles that move our lower limbs.
Rules
- Ensure your child’s feet or body are positioned correctly
- Do according to advice from your podiatrist
- Stetches should be held for 20-30 seconds on each side and repeated once. One set per day is enough
- Do these exercises in bare feet unless told otherwise by a professional
- Find a time of day that works best for your child and family – put music or a movie on, make it a game or even a family challenge
- Most importantly, they should be fun!
Lower Limb Exercises
Proprioception: The communication between our brain and the rest of our body – important for balance and co-ordination
Stretching: Making a muscle or tendon longer (these should feel stretchy and sometimes a little uncomfortable but not sore)
Strengthening: Making a muscle or tendon stronger
Below are some exercises to help improve proprioception, stretch and strengthen your child’s feet, ankles and legs.
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