22/09/2023
This message came from one of my fab clients who gave my AiM wedges a try!
I love the consultants words - because yes, she did in fact make herself betterā¦and thatās the goal right?!! āļø
She had a particularly painful left foot which had been bothering her for a while. She went to see a consultant who was ready to give a steroid injection to help relieve the pain (treating the symptom - not the cause).
I convinced her to try out the method first before going to see the consultant again for the injectionā¦and Iām so glad she said yes!
I checked out her foot pressures and found that all of her weight was being carried in front of her feet and especially on her right causing the ball of her foot to be under constant tension. To help this, I used the wedges to create a wider, more stable tripod under her foot to keep her whole body, more centred and to help travel her foot pressures more centralWe began the session with some manual mobility as her feet were very rigid. We then worked to pronate and supinate her foot better using the wedges and gained masses of movement throughout both feet.
If you look in the second picture, you will notice that in the after shot her feet look a different tone, her bunion doesnāt seem so pronounced, has less pressure through the top of the toes directly above the ball of the foot (her left 2/3rd metatarsals) and the whole of the foot looks much calmer and relaxed.
My client no longer needs an injection, has been on an adventurous walking holiday recently and is super chuffedā¦WINNER!! š¤©š
Do you have foot pain? Have you ever thought about your own foot pressures?
Stand up, have a go and see if you can tell where your pressure is resting in your feet.
Are you more forward, or back, inside or outside, more on the left foot, or more on the right? Itās time to think š£