The fully referenced blog version of this video: bfs.fit/foot-exercises

Your videos have been very helpful. None of my various therapists or doctors have made the connection between my lower back pain with calf cramps and my flabby arches. Some of your methods are a little scary for a 70-year-old with metatarsalgia but I’ll work my way up to them. Thanks!

@remihein4452

2 ай бұрын

Please, check out Qi-Gong and be amazed! Love from Denmark.

Excellent video. Thank you for making such gems. This is literally the basis of all movements.

Thank you so much! Just what I need.

Quality content! Will watch again

I've spent months figuring out my issues with Squats.. Hips, knees, ankles.... Finally, it really seems like the final key is the feet. Incredible how much focusing on foot function has made an almost immediate change. Buy your barefoot shoes folks, life changing!

Excellent presentation of the importance of foot structure, strength and giving us great movements to undo the damage done by shoes. A true gift you are to us. Knowledge is always the best gift. Thank you for all your research, studies and understanding to explain this amazing finding to us.

@barefootstrength

4 ай бұрын

It really helps to love this stuff. After more than a decade in exercise science, I couldn’t think of doing anything else. Thanks for your feedback and viewership 🙏 Makes it even more worth it ☺️

Wow. Fantastic information. I have had plantar fasciitis for 16 years and have been babying my foot by wearing cork soled slippers inside the house all the time. 4 months of yoga 6 times a week has been reversing the pain and I wasn’t even expecting that to happen. I noticed that I was the only one in class not being able to do any, and I mean any balance postures. The last 3 weeks, I have been going barefoot at home and guess what, my balance is getting better. Not great yet. But standing on one leg and doing 4-5 balance postures have been getting gradually better. My plantar pain is about 95 % percent better. Thank you 100s of downward dogs and 3-legged dogs. Ankle sits. Tree pose etc. Exercise is the greatest gift to health and well being

Thanks for all your great advice. I really enjoy watching your videos, they provide a lot of knowledge and are very helpful on a daily basis in choosing food when shopping, etc. Thank you ❤✨

Thanks. Chris. You are genius. ❤

Thanks, excellent combination of why and what to do to improve. And the link between our feet and those mega leg muscle groups made me appreciate weight lifting barefoot even more.

very valuable information. thank you for taking the time to explain and illustrate.

Thank you for this well thought out, thorough, and clear informative video. I learned a lot of needed details and plan to add in these exercises!

LOVE!!! Great content.

Excellent, informative video. The explanations helped me understand why to do those certain exercises. I didn’t understand how to perform last exercise😳

Excellent information, thank you ❤

This was a super helpful video! Explaining the why, not just the how, was fantastic, thank you!

I just found out about this channel and I love it! Thank you!

Many thanks with gratitude !

You learn something new everyday cause I did. Love this

Great information 😊 Thanks so much for the great advice 🫶

Thank you for this video ❤

Love this makes so much sense😊

Just listening to you makes me homesick for South Africa. Well done, bro.

Excellent work and good information.

This channel is literally gold!

@jcmick8430

Ай бұрын

Figuratively not literally

Excellent- thanks

ottima spiegazione grazie

Thank you so much. It makes sense. I will practice these exercises, and in time, I'm sure my flat feet will disappear. Great content.

My god. Thank you. KZread videos are way more useful than going to see a doctor, nowadays, and that's just sad. I have issues with one foot, after an ankle sprain. It's like my foot is flattening and the ankle doesn't really move like before and doesn't seem solid anymore. Some of my toes are bent since many years. I think it's worsening the state of my foot. Your first exercise got me crying while trying to separate my toes, which seem stuck. It gave me chills all over my foot and along my leg. I'll keep doing this often, and I'll use toe spacers. Maybe it'll help.

@rexlu1969

22 күн бұрын

Seriously. My podiatrist didn't mention anything about how I could improve my flat foot. Didn't even suggest that it's possible.

Excellent explanation and thanks for the exercises!

@barefootstrength

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Here is a video on ankle mobility: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppiqpdyvgcysabw.htmlsi=siV6KAI8xLFtt3UN

Very good content. Thank you

Great information! I have high arches and had planters fasciitis for about a year after wearing flats more often rather than heals which I usually wore. I thought barefoot was bad so as to not support your arch. I will definitely try some of these to strengthen my feet as my one arch still gets tight on occasion.

Very thoroughly explored and informative 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@barefootstrength

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Amazing video, thank you. I have one question, How to know if my foot is normal, has pronation or supination?

Earthing/Grounding has amazing benefits for our feets, as well our body and mind. Love to All.

Very informative Sir thank you so much for this video Sir Can you pl make a video on Achalis tendinitis heel pain Thank you

I think so great knowledge of the ankle problem after stroke or falij or brain hamrij 😮

Wow, 8:42 is a great tip for either jumpers as swimmers!

Wearing five toes (five fingers) socks helps a lot and is a must in my opinion. After three years of only wearing 5-toes socks, I hate the way ordinary socks feel and don’t buy them anymore.

@daneo617

4 ай бұрын

Serious question ❓ Are they a pain to get on each time.

@YunisRajab

4 ай бұрын

@@daneo617 yes they are annoying especially after a wash and wearing for the first time, but it's absolutely worth it. An extra 10 seconds putting on socks is nothing compared to the comfort and stability provided especially when you pop on a toe spacer

@daneo617

4 ай бұрын

@@YunisRajab thanks I'll have to try a pair. 👍🏼

@valdius85

4 ай бұрын

@@daneo617 After few months, nope. I can put the sock on while standing on one leg, no problem.

Amazing video, which I so need! I have neurological pain and numbness due to Lyme disease. Treated 2019-21, but pain still persists. The pain now, is more muscle skeletal I feel-every night an area of my feet is numb. On waking it settles somewhat, and to help with underfoot pain, I wear what I call jellyfish each day (silicone foot pads that hook onto toes). Going to stop this, and try this programme :) I already have my barefoot shoes :) Thank-you! 👍💥

… as a German Biologist It is amazing what powerful excellent advice we can get today For Free! This must be taught in Kinder Garden to any kid To condition the sense of what Life is all about. I am stunned when I see older Men Purposefully Walking Bare Foot all time every where… Thank YOU! Best wishes from Germany

Been wearing Vivo and Xero shoes for 20 months. Transformed evetything 👍🎅❤

@barefootstrength

4 ай бұрын

Thats so awesome to hear! Could you ever wear traditional shoes again?

@innercircle341

4 ай бұрын

@@barefootstrength no never going back... i got shoes for every occassion. Love them and my health is so much better. Followrd your advice. Plantar Fascitis gone.. Happy Christmas

Every time i have ever ran in conventional shoes, i have felt pain in my toes, ankles and my knees. Hopefully my new vivos and these exercises will help

Hello!! Thank u for the video!! I have a doubt to ask. Often the podiatrists advice to never walk barefoot and you recommend it..I'm little confused as to do the barefoot exercises you recommend or just to wear the arch support always.

Can we use toe spacers during running?

How can I measure the arch of my feet to assess whether it’s improving as a result of the exercises you mention?

I once watch on national Geographic, a documentary on how hunting animals walk when they hunt prey, and they would be on their tippy toes, and for some reason, 9 year old me thought that was so cool so I emulated it and it became a habit to me growing up, and it just became normal for me now to walk on my tippy toes and I would sometimes scare some friends and relatives because I walk so quietly. also it did help with my foot and leg muscles, I never trip when I fall

Doing those foot exercises, will fix the over pronation problem completely?

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I have congenital high arch and the last 3 toes do not make contact with the ground as they are permanently raised and the ball of my foot is quite large, (as a result?) ... I have recently started using a raised heel support to encourage those toes to touch the ground and stop my heel being lower than the ball of foot in my footwear.. Can you suggest anything?

Por favor, activa la traducción al español, gracias!!!

Never thougt i supunate i always thought it was overpronation thanks so much

@barefootstrength

2 ай бұрын

Here is a video which is specific to overpronation. May shed some more light on the issue. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqplk8eoZKfZnKw.html

In 2020, I destroyed my left foot the heal snapped and literally separated from the rest of the bone the entire right inside exploded into pieces and 3 of my toes were separate/broke as well this all happened from a 5-6 ' jump off a roof. ( normal for me ) Because the pandemic was in full swing I was all set with going to the hospital for badly needed surgery, so I bought a air cast let it heal as good as possible and just started slowing using it again and though I'm sure it's not fine, it almost feels like it never happened except sometimes if I cross my feet while lying down it will start to feel funny slight pain & numbness but besides that it basically put itself back together and with minor self PT I'm able to wiggle 4 outta 5 toes. Since it seems okay to me, is surgery something I should still considering. I've heard of people not taking care of foot injuries only to bite them in the a$$ later in life.

@misterwill3625

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like your self-treatment was more successful than many foot and back surgeries 👏🏾

Where did you get that unique treadmill for barefoot

Oh being one of the first comments feels so weird! Thanks for the video!

@barefootstrength

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment and viewership 😊 Glad you liked the vid!

genious, how he could put 10 minutes video out of those simple exercises....

Supernation in my right feet is more than left feet. While doing supernation heel raise in left feet feels very awkward.. what should I do??

¡Gracias!

@barefootstrength

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support 🙏

Iam from Bangladesh please maked you knock knees topic

Does this help drop foot

How do you move from ultra supportive shoes to minimalist without issues?

I noticed I'm having knee issues on my right side and hip issues in my left side both are contributing to foot pain. I'm trying to fix it, where should I start

@Shivam_1942

4 ай бұрын

Start from the ground up. It’s most likely some disfunction in your feet causing issues up the chain to your knees/hips. I had the same problem

@ACarpenter89

4 ай бұрын

@@Shivam_1942 and how do I start building my feet? I'm sure there's a video

Whoo boy idk if i can do six second heel raises on one leg

I am 25 years suffering my left feet pain feet is ground touching, can I correct my posture.

It seems like 15 years of yoga has done amazing things for my feet without me really doing anything intentionally. I see yoga poses in all of these exercises, even splaying, as we “ground down into the four corners of the feet.”

@barefootstrength

3 ай бұрын

I’m glad that some disciplines inherently train barefoot. I hope more will follow suite, once this information becomes more mainstream.

If we relied on one foot 100% while running, would we be hopping on that foot?

Ich hätte eine Frage nach dem Video, es ist ja so, dass die Wimhof Methode sehr viele Positive Aspekt hat, die auch Wissenschaftliche belegt wurden unteranderem durch Andrew Hubermann. Was ist, wenn die Probleme des Arztes nur daher kommt, weil er selbst unter sehr großem Stress stand. Ist Wimhof wirklich so schädlich wenn man es einmal täglich macht?

I have worn foot orthotics for over 25 years and never walked without shoes once I got them as it caused my hip to tighten up immediately.I know my feet are very weak and I am sure I needed the orthotics in the first place due to tight muscles/weak feet from modern shoes. I am now wanting to work on strengthining my feet and gaining flexibility so I can walk without shoes again..I have high arches

What about walking up stairs barefoot?

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ohhh so that's why my leg muscles annoy me so much when I walk by not firing up equally. Because it's all connected

7:20 These are not pronation and supination. They are eversion and inversion.

6 seconds each way or total?

@barefootstrength

4 ай бұрын

We recommend to vary the tempo from 2 seconds each way, until 10. Each rate will place a slightly different stimulus on the feet.

How do I fix Morton neuroma

@azlizzie

Ай бұрын

Start with much wider shoes. And longer so your toes don’t touch the end at all (even at night when they are likely swollen from standing). If that’s not enough for relief, a metatarsal pad while the nerve calms down may help.

Me I have bunion but I don't know what to do for it to disappear

@azlizzie

Ай бұрын

CorrectToes

Это не противоречит моему опыту, но я вижу суть в другом..., не в стеснённых пальцах.

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I tried to dk the exercises but end up having a cramps in my feet.

@azlizzie

Ай бұрын

Dehydration. If you already drink adequate water, you need electrolytes.

@gentlegiant3533

4 күн бұрын

Keep doing the exercises. The cramps will go away as your feet get stronger. Mine did the same thing

Can you fix my feet , I’ve had to quite my job , lost my house went bankrupt Due to chronic foot pain , and foot swelling. I CAN NOT walk longer than 5 min without foor pain.

@davidtom6503

4 ай бұрын

go through his video's do them religiously and you will see a difference in foot pain for sure, put in time and you will get results

@cvspvr

4 ай бұрын

chop it off. can't have foot pain if you have no foot

You never mention what foods are causing this also

A lot of countries have flat feet from flip flops. They have excellent foot strength.

@azlizzie

Ай бұрын

Low arches are also genetically predisposed in many island nations. Low =/= flat. Flat arches are when the tendon that keeps the cuboid in place fails/tears, collapsing the arch.

India

I've never been able to Spread my toes ever. Not even as a child

@barefootstrength

3 ай бұрын

It’s common to lose this ability after wearing restrictive footwear for a period of time. But, fortunately, with a bit of practice and the right shoes, this skill can be relearned!

I can't splay my toes at all. Why not? Pinched nerve in the spine???

@disturbed911

4 ай бұрын

I'm also unable, nothing happens when I try ever after wearing toe spacers for 6+ months

@nobeefnoidols

4 ай бұрын

Try jump rope and focus on form. Really focus on flexing your calves on the toes of your feet using only your muscles. It helped me.

@truepeacenik

Ай бұрын

I started, way back, with using my fingers to move the toes into position (couldn’t afford good toe spacers…I was using salon blocks!), and then used my fingers as resistance once I felt the muscles firing.

Study with 11 Participants = Proven

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lets face it, no flat foot becomes a normal foot after seeing this video

i grew up with flat foot and usually on barefoot or slippers and walk 3kms when going to school but i still have flat foot😂 now an adult, my trainer told me that i have a good balance and big calves (which i thought a bad thing growing up)

Your feet get squeezed into shoes from such an early age that you "forget" what you knew instinctively as a baby--to curl your toes. How awful for people to be confined to shoes for over 8 hours a day. Probably one of the worst health hazards of modern living with the demanded work week.

I’m sure the gentleman knows what he’s doing with his exercise suggestions but ummmm…the advertised picture on this video suggests that feet with high arches are more structurally sound or stronger. Tell that to all the flat footed black men in the NBA and NFL that run circles around everybody. 😂 African people don’t have high arches and there’s nothing wrong with our feet…❤

@Aloha_123_

Ай бұрын

Feet are probably different around the world. As well as any other body part. We‘re all different and have different genetics.

Le cambian el título al video, lo reedtan y eliminan los antiguos comentarios. Este Video estaba lleno de elogios a Don Juan Antonio. Bizner, dejá de hacer tus trapizonadas tendenciosas

this wont work. Whether you train like this or not, the shape of your feet is congenital.

Bad news for climbers

The Weak foot modern day problem

haha a study with 11 participants is nothing this is crap

This is for 20-year-olds.

Nice, but in my opinion this video is too long.

@takumiAE86

4 ай бұрын

Yh maybe but he not only give you exercises but its science and history 😂

@awwwshucks443

4 ай бұрын

Algorithm dance

@misst1078

3 ай бұрын

I think when it’s informative it’s important to give all the info you can give. And this is all subject to opinion. I’m for it.

@Awareness_With_Dennis

3 ай бұрын

No the video is perfect length, your attention span needs work ❤🎉

@_velvet_2744

3 ай бұрын

Stop using tiktok, a 9 minutes video is almost short

omg what a load of BS...... so there are no fast runners with misaligned toes then? so its all BS then!