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Runners: Two Videos for Healthy Feet

Adam Hodges | April 2, 2015

Although runners often focus their strength and flexibility work on the legs and core (and for good reason), the feet deserve just as much attention. Here are some excellent video tips to help you maintain healthy feet.

In this first video, physical therapist Jay Dicharry demonstrates how to use “toe yoga” and “big toe push-downs” to increase the strength and coordination of the flexor hallucis brevis—i.e. the big toe.

In this second video, podiatrist Ray McClanahan demonstrates how to stretch the toe extensors.

Remember, healthy and happy feet make a healthy and happy runner.

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Filed Under: Training Tips, Videos Tagged With: Drills, Flexibility, Prehab, Run

About Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges, PhD, is a multisport athlete and coach with credentials from USA Triathlon and the American College of Sports Medicine. In addition to coaching multisport athletes, he has coached high school cross country and track runners in California and masters swimmers in Colorado and California. As a USAT All-American triathlete, he has competed in the ITU World Triathlon Championships, the ITU World Duathlon Championships, and the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a masters runner, he has won a series title in the XTERRA SoCal Trail Series. His current pursuits include trail running, climbing, mountaineering, skimo, and cross-country skiing.

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