Marble Pick Up Exercise
How to do the marble pick up exercise.
Marble pick up exercise. Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day. You can use any small items e g. 10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise. For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls.
Repeat with the other foot. Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor. This exercise will get easier the more you practice. Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
I dump a jar of marbles onto a towel and have to pick one marble up at a time and drop it into the jar. Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container. To strengthen the toes and feet you need to use them in ways you wouldn t normally such as picking up marbles with the toes. This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this. Don t let the simplicity of this marble pick up exercise fool you. This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes. How to do the exercise.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles. Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you. This is by far the most difficult exercise. I repeat this twice.
All you ll need is a chair and a few marbles pebbles or small balls. This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet. Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl. Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
Sit on a chair with both feet flat on the floor. Toe raise point and curl. I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was. Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving. Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles. Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup. Put 20 marbles and a cup in front of you.