How to do the exercise.
Marble pick up exercise.
Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor.
Sit on a chair with both feet flat on the floor.
Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day.
Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you.
You will need marbles a bowl and at least one foot with toes.
All you ll need is a chair and a few marbles pebbles or small balls.
For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls.
This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving.
Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Repeat with the other foot.
This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes.
Toe raise point and curl.
Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup.
Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.
Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.
How to do the marble pick up exercise.
This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet.
This exercise will get easier the more you practice.
10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise.
Dice or pencil instead of marbles.
You can use any small items e g.
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.
Not only is it a fantastic way to improve strength and flexibility in your toes and feet but it can be done almost anywhere.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles.
I repeat this twice.
I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was.
Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container.
Sit in a chair and place five to 20 marbles next to a cup on the floor in front of you.
This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch.
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.