Our poor feet and ankles... So abused and ignored!

So, how are your ankles?  Try this test:  Put your hand on a counter for balance.  Bend your right knee, lifting your right foot off the ground.  Now wiggle your leg back and forth.  Does your foot wiggle independently from your leg?  It should.  It should be flipping back and forth.  OK, here's one more.  Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you.  Now with your hand, grab either leg at the knee and wiggle it back and forth.  Your foot, again, should be moving opposite or independently from your leg.  If it is, great!  If not, - not so good.  Please read on........

Have you ever thought of your ankles as shock absorbers?  It would be a good idea, because they are.  They are the first and strongest shock absorbers to all of this walking, running and whatever else we do on our feet. 

If their absorption is shot, something has to take its place.  How about the knees?  I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my knees taking on all that pressure, but some people's knees do just that.  Have you ever heard of someone getting knee-replacement surgery? 

Then if the knees can't help out, the third shock absorber to kick in might be the hips or low back.  You're right, that would be bad, and it happens much more than it should.  I find it very interesting when I'm working on someone with low back pain and find ankles with as much flexibility as concrete. 

Low back pain can come from many things, but I'm thinking if we were a bit better in keeping our ankle flexibility, we'd have more relaxed back muscles keeping us out of associated troubles.

On an energetic level, according to Louise Hay, "Ankle problems are about inflexibility and guilt.  Flexible ankles represent the ability to receive pleasure."  Wow! That would get me on an Ankle mending program immediately. 

 

If you failed the test and would like to tune up your shock absorbers, give me a call at 623-330-8488.    I would be honored to work with you.