dancers: how to get your big toe working for balance

This video will illustrate why your big toe is so important for balance and teach you how to effectively use it for stabilization. A strengthening exercise to get your big toe grounded will be included.

video outline

0:00 – Intro
0:10 – How the big toe stabilizes the foot
0:51 – Biomechanics of the big toe
1:17 – An exercise to improve foot stability
3:52 – An exercise for big toe extensors
4:59 – Summary