Marble Pick Up Exercise

This exercise will get easier the more you practice.

Marble pick up exercise.

This is by far the most difficult exercise. Using your toes grab each marble and put it in the container. Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles. Repeat with the other foot.

I repeat this twice. Not only is it a fantastic way to improve strength and flexibility in your toes and feet but it can be done almost anywhere. Sit in a straight backed chair with your feet flat on the floor. Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl.

You can use any small items e g. Don t let the simplicity of this marble pick up exercise fool you. This exercise helps to strengthen the metatarsal arches as well as the midsection of the arch. Use your toes to pick up one marble at a time and place them in the cup.

Dice or pencil instead of marbles. This is also a great exercise to get the toes moving and increase general mobility in the feet. This three part exercise will start to get your toes and feet moving. Pick each marble up with your toes and drop it in the bowel.

To strengthen the toes and feet you need to use them in ways you wouldn t normally such as picking up marbles with the toes. Pick up one marble at a time with your toes and place it in the bowl. How to do the exercise. Put 20 marbles and a cup in front of you.

Sit in a chair with both feet planted on the floor in front of you. Toe raise point and curl. I realized the first time i did this how real my injury was. This exercise will strengthen the muscles on the top of your feet and toes.

Spend 1 2 minutes doing this twice a day. How to do the marble pick up exercise. Use one foot to pick up all 20 marbles. You will need marbles a bowl and at least one foot with toes.

For this you will need about 20 marbles or small balls. I dump a jar of marbles onto a towel and have to pick one marble up at a time and drop it into the jar. 10 minute picking up marbles i hate this exercise. Even after 3 weeks i struggle to do this.