Shin splints and plantar fasciitis most often occur when the feet are weak. Stand and drive your big toe into the ground while slightly elevating your other toes. If you can’t do this without moving your big toe, it means you are using the muscles up the shin instead of the foot, placing undue stress on your shins.
The solution: Toe Pilates improves coordination of the foot muscles so you can use them more readily. Keeping big toe still, raise and lower little toes. Then keep little toes still and raise and lower big toe. Do this for 1 to 2 minutes each day until it is easy. (If you aren’t able to move your big toe independently of your little toes, sit with foot flat on the floor and lift big toe off the floor with fingers. Push big toe straight down as you slowly resist the motion with your hand. If needed, you can place a finger on the knuckle of your big toe to keep it straight until you learn to move it correctly.)
At FitWise Pilates( www.fitwisepilates.com) we train the feet to keep you Balanced!