These exercises are for your right foot. Switch sides for your left foot.
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Sit on a bed or the floor with your right leg out straight. Slightly bend your left knee.
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Flex your right foot back, pushing your heel forward and pulling your toes toward you. This is dorsiflexion. Hold for
5 seconds. -
Then move your foot in the opposite direction, pointing your foot and toes away from you. This is plantarflexion. Hold for
5 seconds. -
Repeat
5 times. -
To do the exercise with your left foot, straighten your left leg and slightly bend your right knee.
Author: Wheeler, Brooke
Online Medical Reviewer: Dan Brennan MD
Online Medical Reviewer: Raymond Turley Jr PA-C
Online Medical Reviewer: Stacey Wojcik MBA BSN RN
Date Last Reviewed: 07/01/2023
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