IT ALL STARTS AT THE FEET……………………………. My latest article to help with our pains: Plantar Fasciitis, Heel pain, Shin Splints, Knee pain, Low back pain, Hip pain, Sciatica…..just to name a few CAN come from your feet. Sounds hard to believe huh? I tell my new patients they have to think of themselves as a car coming in to get balanced and realigned. Not chiropractic…but muscle balance and alignment. IF your Feet are not touching the ground properly your brain isn’t getting all the info that it needs when you’re taking a step. I know…this is what caused my pain many years ago. There is a condition called Morton’s toe that I will find on most of my patients on the first visit. (most of us have this) If you have Morton’s toe you are walking on your heel and to your 2nd toe all the time, your feet feel like your on an ice skate. Weak ankles??? That comes from the Morton’s toe! We need to walk on a tripod…from our heel to the big toe and then transfers to the little toe. This allows us to balance better and to also let the muscles function correctly. When we have Myofascial pain (connective muscle) it’s usually because the muscles are not functioning correctly or..dysfunctioning. I strive to always find the “why” of your pain. It’s very very important to have your feet contacting the floor with on a tripod surface as opposed to walking on an ice skate. Make sense?? When we ice skate our ankles wiggle back and forth as we’re trying to move along. It’s no different when you’re walking., we need to make proper contact with our feet on the surface we are walking on. Once your body recognizes the proper gait has been established your muscles start to function correctly and they fall back into the proper alignment/functioning power. You will be stronger because your muscles are working together…not against each other. It’s biblical in a way…if you are on a firm foundation you are more secure. If you’re not on a firm foundation, then you are more likely to stumble Make sure you are on a firm foundation today. :)
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:11:55 +0000