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great toe extension - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

great toe extension

seated isolation of great toe extension while maintaining heel contact with floor

Starting position
sitting
Joints
foot
Muscles
extensor hallucis longus, extensor hallucis brevis
Equipment
chair
Goal
postural correction, coordination, mobility
Type
isotonic concentric, active, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Sit on the chair with feet on floor. Lift great toe off the floor of exercising foot, without heel off. Lower down the great toe to starting position. Repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.