Happy Healthy Feet Workshop: An Owner’s Manual For Your Feet
A workshop with Rehabilitative Movement specialist Margy Verba
Saturday September 23rd, 2023 - 8.30am - 12.30pm
Do your feet ache? Do you suffer from chronic ankle instability or stiffness, plantar fasciitis (heel pain), bunions, flat feet, hammer toes, neuromas, Achilles tendinitis, or other foot ailments?
Each foot has 33 joints — a quarter of all your joints are in your feet!!! Do you think your feet were meant to move? Yet, the typical solutions offered for foot issues involve motion prevention and arch support. No other body region is treated this way. No one ever says when you sprain an ankle: “here, walk with crutches and wear a brace for the rest of your life.” Rather, we use crutches and braces as appropriate while rehabbing to restore strength, mobility, and function — i.e. we restore optimal biomechanics. Why are the feet treated so differently?
Re. motion prevention as a strategy — Q: how does any joint or body region get stronger? A: MOVEMENT!!!
Re. support as a strategy: “If you artificially support the body, the body stops supporting itself.” Andreo Spina
Think about it… our typical solutions for feet, simply result in weaker, less mobile feet! NOTE: Please do not interpret this as a call to run out and buy minimalist shoes with zero preparation.
In this workshop we will cover:
“Ideal” biomechanics and function of your feet and related structures — A conceptual and experiential approach: build a movement in your mind (conceptualize), build a movement in your body (experience)! Besides developing an understanding of the biomechanics of your feet, we will explore their role in gait (walking).
How to assess your own feet and related structures — Using the above understanding of “ideal” biomechanics and function, you will learn some assessments so you can begin to troubleshoot your own needs.
Movement based solutions, AKA corrective exercises — A set of exercises addressing findings from the above self-assessments. You will learn not just what to do, and how to do it, but also the “why” using the above understanding of your biomechanics and function. Visualizing your moving bones/joints/skeleton (biomechanics) and understanding the function of these movements, is integral to all the exercises I teach! I find this to be the most effective way to perform corrective exercises.
The price of the workshop includes props that you take home with you and access to a video library of joint biomechanics, self-assessments, and corrective exercises.
Please arrive 10-15 mins early and bring snacks as needed.
About the instructor:
Rehabilitative Movement Specialist Margy Verba has been in practice for over 25 years. She has studied under a wide range of leading international educators, and her teaching is a unique blend of therapeutic movement modalities. She is an instructor for Anatomy in Motion, a joint-centric, gait-based approach to optimizing movement for pain alleviation, preventive maintenance, and performance improvement. She is an expert in optimal joint biomechanics, including the joints in your feet which are often neglected.
The focus of her practice is self-care through conceptual knowledge and corrective exercises, empowering her students/clients to actively participate in their own healing/prevention/performance process and be informed consumers of healthcare.
“Margy is an excellent problem-solver with a vast working knowledge of the body, movement, and anatomy. She knows how to look at dysfunction and pain from all angles and is able to create exercise programs that will most benefit her students, She is a life-long learner who constantly hungers for new information and has a great understanding of the evidence and research .This is exactly the type of instructor you need.” Sarah Wagner, DPT, Rehab Services/Wellness Center Manager, Mendocino Coast District Hospital
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