Further Information for our Patients

Please click on the link to read the relevant article or watch the video. Acknowledgement to Ayrshire and Arran NHS, Lanarkshire NHS and Torbay and South Devon NHS for exercise videos.

"Plantar Fascia" NHS Ayrshire and Arran

1. Intrinsic Towel Strengthening Exercise

2. Cold Therapy Massage with Cold Bottle

3. Plantar Fascia Wall Stretch

4. Standing Calf Stretch (Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles)

"Exercises for Achilles Tendinopathy" NHS Ayrshire and Arran

1. Sitting Heel Raise
2. Standing Heel Raise
3. Heel Drop - Eccentric Training Leg Straight
4. Heel Drop - Eccentric Training Knee Bent

"Exercises for Posterior Tibialis Muscle and Tendon" Torbay and South Devon NHS - Click here and scroll down to exercise

• Posterior Tibialis
• Using Balance Boards to Strengthen Lower Limb Muscles

"Exercises for Peroneal Tendinopathy" Lanarkshire NHS

The following exercises will help to improve your pain over a period of time. Start by doing the early stage exercises and then as you get better at these you can progress to the middle and later stage exercises.

1. Ankle eversion Strengthening Exercise (early stage)
2. Ankle eversion Strengthening Execise (middle stage strengthening)
3. Single Leg Stand (middle stage strengthening)
4. Standing Heel Raise (middle stage strengthening)
5. Single Leg Heel Raises (later stage strengthening)

'Exercises for Lesser Toe Deformities' NHS Lanarkshire

• Towel stretch
• Intrinsic towel stretch
• Standing calf stretch
• Intrinsic foot exercise using sports resistance band
• Foot arch exercise
• Toe motion exercise

"Exercises for Tibialis Anterior Muscle and Tendon" Torbay and South Devon NHS -

Click here and scroll down to specific exercise

• Tibialis Anterior
• Using Balance Boards to Strengthen Lower Limb Muscles

"Leg Exercises" NHS Ayrshire and Arran

• Quadriceps Stretch

• Hamstring Wall Stretch

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