Plantar Fascia Stretch

Professional Rationale
A stretch for the plantar fascia using the Windlass mechanism. This is helpful when combined with night splints in intractable plantar fascitis.

Client Rationale
This is a stretch for the plantar fascia, which is the connective tissue that runs along your arch and greatly contributes to the integrity of the medial arch as well as overall foot biomechanics.



Instructions

• Cross your foot over your opposite knee.
• Grasp the ball of your foot and pull you toes back.
• With your opposite hand, grasp your heel and pull downwards.
• Separate your hands creating a stretch in the arch of your foot.

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