Episode 6 - Getting to the Root Cause of Your Foot Pain

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Alison shares the importance of going beyond simply trying to manage your symptoms on the surface level with the rolling, stretching and icing and identifying the root cause so that you can fix them once and for all. She walks you through the 4 main contributors to true strength and mobility at the foot: Range of Motion at the ankle and big toe, Managing your Center of Mass above the foot, strengthening a full and dynamic Tripod, and moving through pronation and supination through Rotation. She introduces her FREE virtual workshop “The Foot Audit” to help you determine the main contributors of YOUR foot symptoms.

Key Takeaways:

• Holistic Approach to Foot Health – A full-body approach to foot health focuses on managing forces, center of mass, and rotational movement through the entire body, not just the feet.
• A Full and Dynamic Foot Tripod – The concept of a full and dynamic tripod, involving all three points of contact in the foot, is key to foot strength. Calf strength is important, but a full and dynamic tripod ensures optimal force transfer and efficiency during running.
• Rotation and Force Management – Running requires proper internal and external rotation through the body, with the feet playing a vital role in managing forces from the ground. This rotational movement ties into hip and pelvic floor health.

Time Stamps:

[00:00] - Introduction and an analogy

[05:46] - Surface level symptom management vs addressing the root cause.

[10:16] - The 4 key pieces of foot strength and mobility

[20:20] -Summary and Invitation to the FREE Foot Audit Virtual Workshop

[22:41] - Case Study & Closing Thoughts

Resources Mentioned:

The Foot Audit: A FREE virtual workshop to help you determine the main contributing factors to your:

• plantar fasciitis
• numbness and burning
• Achilles issues
• chronically tight ankles and calves

…so that you can stop randomly treating your symptom flare ups and finally address the root cause so that you can run pain free longer and faster for good!

Click here to learn more.

Quotes:

“Treating symptoms is like trimming back weeds in a garden without pulling them out by the roots. They may disappear for a while, but they’ll keep growing back. Addressing the root cause is like digging out the weeds from the source, allowing your garden to truly thrive without constant maintenance.”

“They're all rooted in this idea of having enough range of motion, managing your center of mass above there, having a full and dynamic tripod and moving efficiently through rotation at the feet, at the hips, at your torso. All the parts are connected and digging into this, determining the contributing factors to your foot symptoms can help you stop randomly treating your foot symptom flare ups and finally address that root cause so that you can run pain-free longer and faster for good.”

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