If you suffer from chronic foot pain, you have my sympathy. Many professions require us to be on our feet all day, and as a therapist, my feet can feel painful and as flat as pancakes by the end of the day, even with supportive shoes. If you’re regularly on your feet all day long, don’t scrimp on good shoes, and don’t try to save money by wearing old shoes when the health costs are potentially much higher.
1. Heel-Toe Rocking 2. Toe Curls/Extensions 3.
Ball Rolling 4. Sitting Alphabet 5. Inversion/Eversion Feel free to play around with the movements.
Instead of taking both feet into either inversion or eversion at the same time, you can perform a left/right movement, inverting one foot and everting the other at the same time, then reverse the pattern. 6. Seated Toe Extension Stretches You can also create this movement by placing your toes against a wall and slightly lifting your heel to increase the stretch.
Smart exercises and good shoes, combined with occasional breaks from standing, can bring much-needed relief to tired tootsies..