Foot exercises can help prevent foot or ankle pain while also strengthening feet and improving flexibility. Big toe stretches, toe splays, Achilles stretches, and sand walking may be beneficial.

A variety of things—including genetics, foot anatomy, too-tight shoes, overuse with certain kinds of exercise, and simply aging (*sigh*)—can stiffen up your big toe joint (a condition called ...

Repeat this exercise 10 to 20 times on each foot. This mobilizes the joints in your toe and helps to reduce stiffness. While sitting on a chair, lean over and grip your big toe. Begin circling the ...

Fortunately, several exercises can provide relief ... pull the top of your foot and big toe upwards toward your shin with the other hand. When you feel a moderate pull in your arch, hold the ...

“Turf toe” is the common term used to describe a sprain of the ligaments around the big toe joint. Although it’s commonly associated with football players who play on artificial ...

You can perform the exercise next to a table or chair to help your balance This drill reinforces proper push off, initiated from the big toe. Stand and place a towel beneath the toes of your right ...

The doctor can also recommend specific foot exercises that may help ... in the second metatarsal displacement of bones in the big toe overpronation metatarsalgia Speak with a doctor for advice ...

“Your foot is super complicated, and big toe flexibility is really important in terms of the rest of your body,” says Stephen Pasterino, founder of P.volve in New York City. “It’s the ...

This pressure can cause runner’s toe. Runner’s toe often happens on your big toe, as it sticks out farther than your other toes, but it can affect any toe. Soccer players tend to have runner ...

Karrianne says: My big toe has often not wanted to be flat in my running shoe, or even when barefoot around the house. It's really bizarre, I can feel it when it's lifting up but it isn't painful.