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toe curl and lift with towel - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

toe curl and lift with towel

curl toes to grip towel and lift it from floor while keeping heel down, then lower and release

Starting position
standing
Joints
head, foot
Muscles
flexor hallucis longus, toe flexors, plantar intrinsic muscles, flexor digitorum longus
Equipment
towel
Goal
postural correction, coordination, proprioception
Type
isotonic concentric, active, resisted

How it is done

Stand and place a towel under the foot. Curl the toes to grip the towel and lift ithe towel off from the floor without lifting the heel. Lower down the foot and release the towel. Repeat

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.