The Importance of Stretching

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Interesting video.

noticed the disclaimer:

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The presenters argue that many chronic cases diagnosed as plantar fasciitis are actually plantar fasciosis and base their treatment recommendations on that distinction. At the same time, their disclaimer states that the video is not a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a qualified healthcare provider.

If the diagnosis itself—plantar fasciitis versus plantar fasciosis—can change the treatment approach, determining which condition is actually present should be the first step, what a podiatrist is trained to evaluate.

Why one would want to see a foot specialist.

Or if you need a corrective surgery say for bunions or hammer toe.

 

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Doesn't really explain why so many people sodded up their feet wearing 'barefoot shoes' of course. Barefoot shoes, mild cheese.... is there anything so stupid it hasn't been invented yet?

 

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This looks like ***** when a woman in heels walks this way.

Curiously, my feet point directly forwards when I walk (why is great if you’re an Iaidoka!).

I once asked a physiotherapist how stop walking like a duck. He said, “Just stop it and turn your feet inwards like a normal person!” He suggested it was a bit of an affectation for, I’m relaxed, I’m cool, I’m not frightened by your presence

 

[Wing Woo Gar50 11]

Curiously, my feet point directly forwards when I walk (why is great if you’re an Iaidoka!).

I once asked a physiotherapist how stop walking like a duck. He said, “Just stop it and turn your feet inwards like a normal person!” He suggested it was a bit of an affectation for, I’m relaxed, I’m cool, I’m not frightened by your presence

Foot placement, toe activation, and alignment is fundamental to Wing Woo Gar. The human foot is an amazing structure.

 

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A horsey lady I worked for for a while had a saying: "No hoof, no horse"

 

[Gyakuto115 124]

Foot placement, toe activation, and alignment is fundamental to Wing Woo Gar. The human foot is an amazing structure.

Really? Would you elaborate?

 

[Wing Woo Gar50 11]

Really? Would you elaborate?

It would likely bore you, you are not a neophyte by any means.

 

[Wing Woo Gar50 11]

A horsey lady I worked for for a while had a saying: "No hoof, no horse"

No foot is a common critique amongst older Chinese teachers. It means no root, no punch.

 

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No foot is a common critique amongst older Chinese teachers. It means no root, no punch.

It’s amazing how much foot placement and body unification is critical to quality aikido as well. It manifests differently from how we do things in Tibetan crane, but the concepts are universal, just manifest differently to meet different approaches and different goals.

 

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No foot is a common critique amongst older Chinese teachers. It means no root, no punch.

I think this illustrates why having one’s feet rooted firmly on a surface (ground) is so important for exerting a force.

If the astronaut were to punch an object he would be propelled backwards and not as much force would be transferred to the target compared to if he was rooted to a surface. On Earth, that means using gravity to root the feet to the surface. There’s often talk of the back leg transferring force upward from the ground but much more comes from the soles of the feet being ‘adhered’ to the surface preventing one from sliding backward (Newtons Third Law of Motion actions have an opposite and equal reaction).

Interestingly, when swinging a sword in a downward arc, one is lifted upward off the floor. So it’s gravity that provides the force that prevents the swordsman flying up into the air and onward into space

 

[Same Trick60 11]

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet.” — Miyamoto Musashi

 

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Born to Run by Christopher McDougall is a very interesting read on the running potential found within the human species. He also talks heavily on the concept of barefoot running and how modern athletic shoes with heavy arch support and cushioning may actually contribute to the very injuries that they are intended to protect from.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307279189/?tag=ff0d01-20

My take on it is that the human foot is designed to run safely barefoot, with the caveat that the world we live in is often completely paved over which is an unforgiving surface on which to run. So yes, we are meant to run barefoot, but on grass, dirt, sand, and sometimes rock, but not strictly on pavement and nothing else. I think injuries can happen then, and my own experience seems to confirm it, for me at least. Run barefoot in the park, and sometimes on pavement. But not only on pavement.

The New England Patriots have a wide receiver, Mack Hollins, who doesn’t wear shoes until the temperature drops to 34 degrees. Not while playing of course, but he shows up for games and practices that way.

 

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These shoes are the closest I could find to formal, wide box, zero drop footwear. They are really ugly, made worse by that light-coloured sole

 

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Imagine going to meet the King wearing those!

 

[Same Trick60 11]

Might be taken for the court jester