Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
Marble pick up exercise.
I repeat this twice.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
Repeat with the other foot.
Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
To strengthen the toes and feet you need to use them in ways you wouldn t normally such as picking up marbles with the toes.
Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup.
Don t let the simplicity of this marble pick up exercise fool you.
You can use any small items e g.
I dump a jar of marbles onto a towel and have to pick one marble up at a time and drop it into the jar.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
This exercise will get easier the more you practice.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.
Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container.
Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day.
For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls.
All you ll need is a chair and a few marbles pebbles or small balls.
This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes.
This is by far the most difficult exercise.
How to do the marble pick up exercise.
How to do the exercise.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet.
Toe raise point and curl.
10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise.
Not only is it a fantastic way to improve strength and flexibility in your toes and feet but it can be done almost anywhere.
Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.
Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you.