Alternating Toe Control

How to do it

1. Stand or sit with your foot flat and relaxed.
2. Press the big toe down while lifting the other four toes.
3. Then reverse: keep the big toe lifted while pressing the four smaller toes down.
4. Move slowly and deliberately to build independent control of your toes.

Form cues

• Keep the heel and both sides of the forefoot in contact with the floor.
• Lift the toes rather than curling or gripping them.
• Start seated if the foot rolls inward or outward while standing.

Dosage

2 × 10 reps per side

Muscles worked

Strengthens: intrinsic foot muscles

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