6 Exercises to Fix Bunions

welcome back to a chiropractor guys and today I want to show you some mobilization techniques that you can do for your big toe especially if it's done if you get bunions most of times these bunions developed because the shoes will wear hands too tight on the toes this is toe spreads since bunions are mainly caused by fixations and stiffness of the toe joint it would be a fantastic idea to actually get some movement in the joint there when you do this exercise each time remember spread your toes and hold it there for about one second then relax it and do this about twenty to thirty reps three to four sets this will get the joint moving now if you do have arthritis and it hurt when you do this exercise please stop or even try warming up your feet in warm to hot water for 10 minutes toe Kel's this works on the toe joints by flexing the muscles under your feet which in fact is very important to maintain foot arches and preventing flat feet this will mobilize your toe joints and therefore reduce a lot of stiffness and increase mobility in the joints do this for 20 to 30 reps and three to four sets toe circles so for the purpose of video I just leant forward and did this exercise you can quite comfortably just sit there and put one foot over your knee and do the toe circles instead this mobilizes your toes and therefore reduces a lot of stiffness in the toe joint remember to go clockwise and do anti-clockwise as well for about twenty to thirty times three to four sets now to really mobilize them try to do figure eight rotations this will really promote mobility in your toe joints remember to also try to do the other direction as well instead of always going with your preferred direction on configure eights do about twenty thirty of these three to four sets assisted toe adduction z' these exercises that Porter apart are extremely good to mobilize the toes that have joints bent inwards some health petitioners will call this joint valgus or val gyum this version is a simple hold with the exercise band pulling your toes apart I slightly open up my feet and slightly curl my toes in and this creates an arch in my foot and then I plant my foot on the floor and I hold this position about thirty Seconds to a minute three to four sets this trains me to have a proper arch of my feet if you like you can continuously separating a feet from each other in and out for 22 30 reps creating mobilization into the toe joint and do this for about three to four sets this is called toe extension and toe reflection this is a great exercise because you will be able to mobilize your joints in different ranges of motion by showing you when you do this exercise remember pull your feet apart and fully extend your toes and fully curl your toes as well once again you don't necessarily need an exercise band you can use almost anything like a head tie or a hair tie in here I'm using a hair tie cause if you do you have foot problems chances are you do have plantar fascial tissues so check out my plantar fascial massage video and my plantar fascial stretch video as well remember support my channel hit like kids subscribe comment below something what else you like to see better in the future I'll see you guys in the next one

Channel: ACTIV CHIROPRACTIC

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Keywords: foot, podiatry, feet, bunions, chiropractic, ankle, sprained, strained, exercises

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Length: 2min 57sec (177 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 26 2016