

Finally I Get a Ride! Plantarflexion Strengthening
Ok, I am the one that loves this activity. I finally get to go for the ride! I ride on the scooterboard or I may use a rolling desk chair...


Inversion Sitting with Heel Down
By having my client stabilize his foot on the floor, I get less cheating with hip flexion and hip external rotation as I try to isolate...


Dorsiflexion Strengthening with Balance Reactions on a Rockerboard
Don’t forget righting reactions extend all the way down to the feet. It is worth trying rockerboard work to see if you can get some...


Emphasis on Plantarflexors with Squat to Stand
Squat to stand works hip extensors, quadriceps and plantarflexors concentrically on the way up and eccentrically on the way down.I’ve...


Flat feet? Sprained Ankles? Poor Balance? Strengthen Invertors!
I usually use manual resistance, but sometimes I pull out the theraband, especially if I think the child (with parent’s assistance) might...


Eversion Sitting with Manual Assistance/Resistance
I do a lot of this exercise with children who have weak evertors. I like the position I am in here in this picture. I can rest the...


Toe Tapping Happy Feet with Dorsiflexion Strengthening
I do a lot of this exercise with children who have weak dorsiflexors. I like the position I am in here in this picture. I can rest the...


InversionStrengthening in Sitting with Manual Resistance/Assistance Email Week 29
I do a lot of this exercise with children who have weak inverters. I like the position I am in here in this picture. I can rest the...


Energizing Eversion takes Effort! Let me spell it out for you!
For children who know their alphabet, this is a good activity. Only the letter I is straight up and down so all the other letters will...


Don't Dare have Dorsiflexor Doldrums! Here's a new idea to Strengthen Dorsiflexion
Climbing Most children (not the gravitationally insecure but most of the rest) love to climb.I have an angle adjustable climbing wall in...