Moving through Midlife | Habit Stack & Movement Snacks for Midlife Moms, Parenting in Midlife | Fitness over 40

Ep 51.2: MS/Happy Feet

April 21, 2022 Courtney McManus
Moving through Midlife | Habit Stack & Movement Snacks for Midlife Moms, Parenting in Midlife | Fitness over 40
Ep 51.2: MS/Happy Feet
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Sticking with the feet today I discuss a couple of things you can do to massage the feet to help the rest of your body feel better.

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It is always my goal to help you and your family move more. So every Thursday, I am dropping a movement snack into your ears to help you and your family move more. This week's movement snack has to do with the feet since we've been talking about getting barefoot. And this is a really cool one that I have recently learned in regards to how's the seat not only affect the body, but how the top of the foot, there are spots on the foot that create can create tension. And when we release them, they may release other areas of the body. So what you're going to do is you need to grab a pencil, and you will want the eraser side of a pencil, and then in between each toe, so you'll have your foot barefoot in between each toe, you're going to take that eraser from your pencil. So it's a small, you know pencil, not a big eraser, but you're going to slide it in between each toe going up the foot towards the ankle. So hopefully that makes sense. So you're going along the line in between each toe, just kind of taking that pencil eraser, going from the big toe, second toe, right in between those, and then moving that pencil eraser up the foot all the way to the ankle, then you're going to do it in between the second and third toe, the same thing, going up the line, then the third and the fourth toe. And then the fifth toe. Okay, so that's the first thing you're going to do, then you're going to go back, and you're going to create these little circulars think clock white, clock wise circles in between that first and second toe, going again, think about that line that you just drew up with the eraser, and you're going to circle it. And then you're going to go up a little bit further and circle it, and what you're looking for little tension spots in the feet. And you may find a little spot when you find it just like you would if you were massaging or getting a massage, if you find this spot that feels tight, sit on it for a few seconds, continue to circle that eraser around. And you're going to notice that sometimes by doing this, you may feel some spots. And you may realize, wait a second, my shoulder doesn't hurt any more. So sometimes we hold tension all the way down in our feet. And it affects the rest of our body in a different way than what we think. So try that I'd love to hear how that felt. And then for those of you if you've ever seen the balls, there's either these roga little I don't even know what you would call it these little while there's a ball. And then there's one that kind of looks like a foam roller, but it's got little edges, I will post a picture of this in my forfeit mom community. And I will also posted in the raising healthy humans Instagram page so you can see what I'm talking about. But those can be you can put those under your feet and just kind of rub and I always think like if you were vacuuming, you want the ball to kind of go along the bottom of the foot, just like a vacuum. And this can release a lot of tension, tightness in the bottom of the foot. And you may notice this is a fun thing to do is before you do that, try to touch your toes just bend forward. So stand up, then forward, try to touch your toes, then take one of these balls or the little rolling thing that I'm going to take a picture of it's called a I don't know what it's called a roll go something or other. And then you can roll it under the foot nice for about 30 seconds just back and forth trying to get all of that area of the foot, the fascial area and then then forward again and you will probably get a lot more movement. So that's a really cool thing that you can do to just kind of see how your body is affected by releasing tension spots or sticky spots in different areas and how your body will respond. So that is my movement snack for you today. Hopefully you enjoy that It can create a lot of release in the rest of your body. As always know that you can join us. If you have questions about any of these exercises, join us over in the formfit community, you can always private message me or email me. And then also watch for the videos, I post them in that community. I also post them on YouTube, that you're welcome to watch if you ever have any questions about anything. And I'd love to hear if you have noticed a difference. By doing some of these exercises. I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to leave us a review, letting us know how we have helped you how I have helped you in regards to this with your movement snacks. And let me know if there's anything you'd like to see next or have questions for me. I am here to always help you. Have a wonderful day and make sure to keep moving. Thank you so much for joining us today. If you could do me a favor if you like what you hear. Could you leave us a review or take a screenshot and share your favorite takeaway on social media. And make sure to tag us over at raising underscore healthy humans. Now go out and enjoy more movement throughout your day.