The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-20
EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN WEAK FEET

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 WEAK FEET
 Best exercise for weak feet Is play ing a game which necessitates sprlhging about on the toes, such as ball, tennis, badminton, ping pong, running, jumping, bicycling, Roller skating Is bad--it requires the skater to abduct the feet. Danc- ing Is excellent, any kind of danc- ing tt all. .lN,@
 A familiar exercise to be done barefoot Is this: AH
 stand with feet parallel and six or eight inches apart. Slowly raise yourself up. on your toes as high as you can, and then slowly lower your self to the floor again. Do not att tempt to hurry through this exer- else and do not help the feet and calve by swinging the whole body, nor by dropping to the floor with the aid of gravity. The raising and low ering must be done slowly and evenly.
 Walking about on the outer bor- ders of the feet, of course barefoot or in stockings or soft moccasins, is an excellent exercise for correction of weak feet, weak ankles, pronated feet, potential fatfoot, falling arches.
 Another beneficial exercise for the feet consists of spreading the toes as widely as possible several times daily.
 still another useful exercise is picking up articles with the toes. This will alternate with the toe spreading exercise.
 One with weak, pronated or flat feet should practice sitting with the legs crossed just above the ankles and the resting with their outer bor- ders on the floor.
 Weak feet or normal feet, every one should walk with the feet polrt- ing straight ahead, never with the feet turned out. It is better, If any, thing, to be Q bit pigeon-toed and Q bit bow-iegged.
 Given Q normal or at worst not e deformed foot, the less boot, shoe or other support worn the better, SO for as the health and strength of the feet are concerned,
 The less rigid leather or other support in the shoe the better.
 The lower the heels the better.
 The more nearly the width of the soles at their tips corresponds with the greatest width of the soles, the better.
 The more nearly barefoot one can go, in any circumstances, with due regard for comfort of the feet, the better.
 If one prefers rubber footwear or rubber heels or soles, there is no hy- gienic objection to wearing them. The popular notion that rubber on the feet somehow injures the eyes or the eyesight is absurd. Due to my peculiar belief about the harm lessness of dampness and wet I have little use for rubbers, but l assure any old geek who wears 'em they can do him no possible harm, even indoors. And If perchance there be another old geek somewhere who shares my view I'd he so delighted to hear from him that I'd fall on his neck and cry in his beard
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