STOP USING TOE SEPARATORS & START THIS FELDENKRAIS-STYLE TOES FOOT MOBILITY
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2019
- Feet are one of the most important body parts, and with Feldenkrais-style toes foot mobility, you can improve your function and feel great too!
In this video, I'm going to show you how to stop using toe separators and start moving your toes in a way that will improve your foot mobility and function. This Feldenkrais-style toes foot mobility will help you feel more mobile and flexible throughout your whole body!
Foot awareness and balance exercise/stretch is a great way to improve your foot awareness and mobility. This exercise is especially important for people who suffer from foot problems or who are prone to ankle sprains.
If you're looking for a great way to improve your foot awareness and mobility, be sure to try this foot awareness and balance exercise/stretch. Not only will you feel better after doing it, but you'll also start to develop better foot awareness and mobility skills as a result!
My name is Taro Iwamoto. I am a Feldenkrais practitioner and movement expert. On my UA-cam channel I share videos of exercises, movement lessons, tips and strategies to improve your functions and life! Please consider subscribing to my channel to stay updated on the latest videos. I typically upload videos on Fridays and/or Saturdays (7am PST).
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Why are we supposed to do this
you're not supposed to do this but your feet will apprecaite this:) I personally believe feet are very important as we make direct connection with the ground through our feet, meaning we receive so much sensory feedback through feet, which our nervous system use to organize our posture, movement, balance. Most of us wear shoes for hours daily, so feet are constrained in tiny boxes. Movement of toes, feet are very limited. Feet don't get sensory feedback directly from the ground. As a result, we lose awareness of our feet, mobility of feet, which affects our movement, balance, breathing, all functions. In modern countries, people often have very limited mobility and awareness of feet. Compare adults' feet to feet of babies, young children. very different! Gently touching, moving your toes, feet provides sensory feedback to your nervous system through your toes, feet, which is missing for a long time. This will bring more awareness into your feet, and bring more mobility and aliveness into your feet.
@@TaroIwamoto I broke my left ankle at the start of this year and when my left foot came out of the cast it felt totally numb like it wasn't my foot but just some boney appendage hanging onto the bottom of my left leg. 8 months later I am still trying to wake up muscles and tendons in it to get full feeling back. I've developed crooked toes where my big left toe is pushed in towards the others and there is about a 30 degree misalignment from it's natural position. I just did this exercise and it feels sooooo good in my foot! I have pins and needles and warmth rushing through it, more areas waking up. I really miss that feeling of having my full foot work for me. Our feet are everything and I didn't relaise how much I took them for granted until I couldn't put my weight on one for 8 weeks! Feet are our foundation. I'm a dancer and I love to walk outside in nature but feeling disconnected from my balance and connection to the Earth on one side of my body has been really disheartening and disorienting. As a dancer both feet balanced on the ground is essential to getting the stability and movement I need to express myself. I can even feel the repercussions of the lack of balance through my left knee and left hip. I'm going to do this exercise every day and hope to regain full functionality. Do you think it would help getting the misalignment of my big toe back to it's natural position too?
People don't ask silly questions! Don't show your ignorance!🤔
@@amaliacsanchez5209 No question is silly. Everyone is ignorant to something, nobody knows everything there is to know. Not even the whole of all of humanities knowledge put together is even everything there is to know. There is no need to be ashamed of ignorance. If you don't ask questions, how can you learn? If you don't ask questions, how can you overcome your ignorance? Hiding your ignorance gets you nowhere and nothing other than more ignorance.
don"t do it you will be sorry later
Here's is something very important I want you to know.
Our culture (modernized culture, mostly Western culture) trains us to be disconnected from our bodies. Our culture trains us to view our bodies as external objects as an outside observer. Our culture trains to look to outside experts to fix us, fix our body issues but doesn't train us to connect with our own body, own sensory experience, "listen" to our body, feel our body, and learn from our inner intelligence.
This is cultural influence on our beliefs influences our behaviors. Many people believe that they need more information in order to overcome their limitations and challenges. Many believe that they just haven't found the "right" information yet so keep seeking outside for their answer. Reality is that we have too much information, and we are so disconnected from our own body and experience.
It's easy to view my videos as another exercise video, and approach it from that mindset, that is to approach your body like fixing mechanical parts that lie external to you. Then, you are really missing the point. This is not a conventional way of thinking in Western culture, so it's easy to let my message pass through you. But, don't worry! I am persistent and will repeat over and over and over:) I'm not here to teach you exercises to correct your body structures. I am here to help you connect with YOUR BODY, YOUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE, learn from YOUR BODY, and create a new way of movng, using yourself, being in your body!
This paradigm shift is necessary for transformation, changes in your nervous system, movement patterns, quality of life because your body and mind are one! I really encourage you to keep this message in your mind as you watch my videos and practice movement!
I will try
Love your philosophy. It is that principle way of thinking that leads to a dynamic life. Thank you…
A reminder of how we neglect our bodies and look too quickly to gadgets and meds for a quick fix.
Thank you for that explanation.
when I was a professional dancer, I did this every day. it realigned my toes ankles arches keeping hips happy too. THKU for reminding me to do it again.
my pleasure:)
Thank you, Taro. I found this video some months ago, practised then stopped. My toes have stiffened, spaces between closed up, and I am walking tipping my weight onto front of my feet and toes feel numb. Not good so I returned to this video and practised again. I noticed so much more how i have space between my toes, they are not clawing onto the ground, they are not collapsing under and onto themselves ie: third toe and weight is better distributed across the foot at the ball of the foot and also moved back over my heels so i feel better upright posture, more balanced on my feet. This is a great, eye opening exercise with many benefits for me. Thanks again, Taro. I will keep practising and noticing what's happening in my feet, ankles, and toes. I am 77, had ankle problems since childhood, so very lucky to have Feldenkrais assistance. Also, so many other video sites have exercises but I notice your wisdom that the mind/body is a totality and must include retraining with the nervous system. I can see and feel this more and more.
Greetings from Australia. 😊
my videos (my channel) focus on retraining the nervous system through movement retraining. This is not so much about stretching tight muscles/tendons, etc. People carry so much tension in their bodies including toes and feet and carry those tension habitually into their daily activities and all functional movements including walking. Just as orthotics don't really change flat feet, toe separators don't really change your habitual movement patterns, how you use your toes and feet in your functional movements, thus, you're most likely to carry same habitual tension with or without toe separators. Nothing wrong with using them however. It probably works even better when you combine it with this movement retraining!
My feet say thank you 😊
Lovely comment.
I just accidentally came across your channel and I wished i had known to do this decades ago! I jave had years of PT and surgery for plantar fascia release which mad my feet worse. Now i have chronic pain and my bones are getting deformed. Your short session on this video has already made my feet feel better. Looking forward to more of your helpful video posts! Thank you.
Thank you. My doctor prescribed toe seperater to me yesterday. And today i get this recomendation on UA-cam. So my phone is spying on me or the higher power send a message.
I tried these exercises. My feet felt like after a hot bath and a long rest! So relaxed! Will do this every day! Thank you.
I normally wear Vibram 5 Finger shoes but recently I started wearing my Kuru's. Yesterday I noticed that after wearing the Kuru's for a few months that I no longer have the spaces between my toes that the Vibram 5 Fingers supports. So this exercise and back to my Vibram 5 fingers for daily wear unless I need the protection and support that the Kuru's provide. This exercise is perfect to do while watching tv at the end of the day when shoes come off. The motion also helps my arthritic ankles. Thanks, Taro.
Wow! Look at that flexible foot! Grateful this showed up on my YT feed.
I walk barefoot mostly, and thought I had pretty relaxed feet but this brought them into a state of bliss. I could really feel the difference between the feet after doing just one foot- it felt more open, balanced and connected.
I am currently working for an older woman with mild dementia and terrible hammer toes and messed up feet. She is always losing her toe separators and is not steady on her feet. I am excited to share this with her.
Glad you felt difference!
Thank you for sharing I so felt the difference on my foot, will be following your great advise.
I got my mom a pair of wool Vibram 5-fingers. She loves them for stability.
Everybody taking good care of Moms...beautiful
@jojo5715
could you work with the old woman and how did it go? thx for sharing your experience - i stored the vid and will use it tomorrow in the morning.
Wow, I’ve been wearing a toe separator for several years now bc of a cyst in the ball of my foot. It’s almost crippled/paralyzed my 4th toe and increasingly becoming worse.
This really helped IMMEDIATELY restructure the joints, muscles and fascia for free movement.
I’m gonna do this daily until it’s completely healed.
Thank you so much.
I’m telling my podiatrist about this.
Blessings for sharing this to help people from suffering.
It helps the collective consciousness.
Good karma for you too!
I've just found this exercise too and going to do it daily to correct misalignments and atrophed/spasmed muscles. Keep us posted on your progress would love to hear it!
Wow! I can recommend these exercises for anyone who is a runner. I wish I had discovered them years ago, I might have been able to slow down my bunions from forming and the need for painful surgery. I might show these to my friend who suffers with plantar.
Wow! The difference I felt after doing the exercise on one foot was remarkable. My balance on that foot was so much better, the foot felt lighter. Good for loosening my hips, too! Thank you for sharing and for jumping right into it, without long intro.
This is the best exercise complex I've ever seen! I've got bunions, foot trauma & fluid around the ankle, sciatica and numbness in the foot and whole leg.. and recently varicose veins also came into play.. . But after doing these exercises my feet felt blissful. Thank you so much.
I have been into exercise and fitness, and studying the science and Eastern Traditions behind it, since I was a kid.... And besides a few martial arts warm up moves, I have NEVER seen anything like these exercises for the feet! These stretches and moves were so challenging for me! (For my feet!) Wow. Blown away by these. Totally makes sense and I think these are so important that I will be sharing your vid with many. Thank you so much🙏🏼
Thank you sharing
Wow I can try ❤🇨🇦
I had a knee op and my toes went 'hammer' shaped 2 weeks afterwards - this is really great!
After working on my feet cashiering for a 7 hour evening shift, my feet ache and I have a hard time getting to sleep. This makes them feel way better! Thank you!
my pleasure!
Be sure to get a Grounding Sheet as they help pain and sleep very much- wonderful!!. This Doc is great, quite the discovery finding him here!
I learned this practice with my yoga mentor, (find myself doing this when seated several times a day)and love it!! Such a difference when only one foot is worked. Thank you~
my pleasure!
I have had problems with my feet for years and doing this exercise was amazing in relaxing and loosening up everything foot related. I saw a big difference in the spacing and most importantly, I could actually balance on one foot with very little difficulty. That hasn't happened in years! Thanks you for sharing this.
😊
My ayurvedic masseur gives me this massage to my feet .....and he has really large fingers!!!!! But I love it 😉😆 ps thank you for sharing this video with everyone.....people will be surprised at how good it feels afterwards 🙏💖
This helps .I have noticed a big change in flexibility and gait.Best method I've ever seen.Thank you .
I can feel the difference! And I can feel great pain and some kind of energy starting to move in my body while I’m putting fingers between toes… it hurts as f**k, but in the same time it’s releasing and making me feel more relaxed so that I can even take deeper breath. Beautiful feeling, thank U ❤
This is gold....
As a dancer, my feet thank you!!!! 🦶🏻🦶🏻🦶🏻🦶🏻
I'm seriously impressed!
Thank you very much!
The biggest thing I got from this video is watching how flexible your feet are, compared to mine. This is very encouraging to me, I’m going to do it. Thanks again 🙏🏻
you're welcome:)
This was wonderful🙂. Thank you so much!
Just discovered your channel! Can hardly wait to try!
I broke both ankles in May. Bones have healed well, but tendons and ligaments are so, so tight. These stretches are amazing. Thank you ❤
You are very welcome!
Great! Loved this.
Wow!!! Love this exercise!! It really makes a difference!! Thank you 🙏
Thank you for this video, Taro. Along with all your other videos, I have learned how to feel how my hips needs to move better with the rest of my body! I have now realised that I was walking with stiff hips, and now that my body is looser, I am walking naturally on the outer half of my feet instead of flat arches! This has really changed how I walk!
You're so welcome! Feet/toes receive feedback directly from the ground, so stimulating all sensory receptors there can do a lot of things such as changing how you walk:)
I recently realised the same thing! Congrats on your improvement! 👍👏
@@TaroIwamoto You are so right! I had nerve root damage at my spine 10 years ago affecting my right leg and foot. I worked to keep the foot mobile doing everything you had described except never tried the fingers between the toes. I already have atrophy on the right leg muscles and have lost the ability to arch my foot as well as my left. The doctors just shrug. I saw myself walking in a mirror the other day and realized that I don’t move symmetrically now, attributing it to my partially numb foot. I am going back for your other videos to see if I can get some improvement. Thank you!
Wow, your demonstration convinced me. I could really tell the difference in my balance on the foot I worked on. This explains a lot. I didn’t know how much it affected my balance.
I tried these exercises on my right foot first. For the first time in 30 years, I did not feel any cracking of my sesamoids when I raised up on my toes. Simply AMAZING!!!!!!!! Before today, I would not dare to raise on my toes on bare wood floors. I would only attempt it with good cushioning. And after doing these exercises one time, I was able to easily raise up on my toes with only my right foot with ZERO discomfort. It is almost unbelievable. THANK YOU!
Love it. Very helpful. Thanks
WOW! I've been having foot spasms and balance issues They are TOTALLY gone in one session!!!!!!
Excellent routine! Thank you👍
Wow, Impressive! MORE balanced, you can see the difference in my toes!
Thankyou I feel a big diffrent !!🖐
Thank you. That worked !
This is fantastic. I have been told to have surgery on my feet for years now and despite running I avoided that so far with toe spacers and exercises for my feet. But this is taking the latter to a whole different level. Definitely a follow for this! Thank you!
This was amazing, thank you feet feel like they've had a workout and look separated. Love this.
This felt great! Thank you
Thank you i felt relief straight away luv n light x
I've been following your channel for years and I still come across new great exercises! Thank you 🙏
Thank you,very good gymnastic❤
So good. Thanks!
i do already exactly all this for my clients ( im an MT ) without knowing is Feldenkrais modality ....Great !!!
Wow, that was great!
😊 When you stood up you could actually see the difference in your feet.
Hi! i'm a yoga teacher, and we have done this tree pose with the balance on one foot (rigth), the other only the toes on the floor and the heal on the rigth ancle, pushing one with other. Wips pointing fowar, glutes contracted, hand extended toqether in front of the chest. The balance test starts when you take both arms with the palms together and lift them above your head and you follow with your eyes your thums. even you are looking to your thums your atention is on your feet, feeling the balance and the wheight distribution. after what you showed, I was more aware about the toes opening and balance on my foot, I'm going to share with my yoga class on saturday! thank you!
my pleasure!
One word: Fantastic!!
Thank you👍
Thank you! My feet will definitely benefit from this exercise.
These movements are so very beneficial for my often painful hammer toes! The practice makes me feel more securely in contact with the ground, and I think it will lessen the likelihood that I might fall. Thank you, Taro
Thank you!🎉
Thank you - this is incredibly effective!
Thank you! 🙏
my pleasure!
You are the best!
Wow this feels really good. Im going to incorporate it into my daily self-care
Makes sense to do these simple movements which helps to loosen up the joints of toes and ankles, and maybe to help with bunions. Feet would just love the TLC one gives it. Arrrrr such bliss🫠
Great exercise. After exercise I was able to balance better.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you.
Thank you feels so good and feel not so tense
Wow….2 years feet issues! This is fantastic! Thank you🙏
This video is a life changing! 😮
thank you very much !!!
Thank you Taro, I tried this technique, is amazing, the first foot felt so light and spacious. thank you so much for sharing this magic! 💫
This was awesome! I've been lucky enough to be barefoot most of the time for close to a year now, spending a lot of time hiking or jogging in the woods. I could really feel this along the fascial lines running up, especially the first part where you rotate the finger inside the web of the toes. Thanks for the introduction to Feldrenkrais, too! Gotta start learning about that now lol
Thank you so much. I felt the difference after the 1st time!
Thank you!!! This is wonderful to know how to do. Appreciate your work!!!
Very good! I studied foot reflexology and learned these techniques. Thanks for the reminder....These are excellent.
OMG, that's great
Imma add this to my routine
Thank you a lot ❤❤❤❤❤
Love this video!
Thank you🎉❤😊
These are fantastic. Thank you
exactly what i need for me tired feet 😊
Thank you very much
This was sooo relaxing! Our body is a temple ❤ thank you for sharing
Wish I would have seen this years ago. I believe this is going to help.
THANK'S YOU VERY MUCH.❤
This is such a "toe" jam! Lol 😆 seriously thanks !!
Thanks!
Thank you for your support!
Again Taro sooooooo great exercise! God bleess!
Thank you so much
Brilliant 💯
Feels soooo good !❤
Fantastico !!! Grazie !
Just Great❤
Oh, thank you so much, I am going to start working on it right now
Wow thank you for your knowledge, you r fantastic
This is greatly appreciated, thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
Thank you for this demonstration. It seems to be the best I have a little toe pain. Thank you for showing me a smithing.
Thanks for sharing with us
thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot
Brilliant video
Some of my toes are webbed as much as 20 to 30 %. It’s hard to separate those, but the others, It feels really good. Pilates is also very good for the feet.