Healthy Toes - A Good Stretch!
The most painful part of my Bikram yoga practice isn't Triangle, Locust, Camel or even Savasana... It's Awkward pose.
Specifically, it's the second part of Awkward when we come up high on our toes and then sit down "into the chair." It's painful, not for my thighs, but my feet. The bottom of my feet, to be precise.
They begin to burn with pain right in the arch and in the toes. And it's sad to see myself in so much pain only 20 minutes into the class. But I think I may have found something to help me combat the pain...
Healthy Toes Toe Trainers!
I'd seen these in magazines for a few years now, and I had always wondered if they really worked. They are supposed to stretch out your toes and the tendons underneath the foot... Helping make things more flexible and ward off foot pain. I wore them for about a half an hour the past two days. It does ache a little to have them on, but I guess that means they are stretching things.
Let's see if I notice any difference in "Awkward" foot pain over the next few weeks... Stay tuned.
Specifically, it's the second part of Awkward when we come up high on our toes and then sit down "into the chair." It's painful, not for my thighs, but my feet. The bottom of my feet, to be precise.
They begin to burn with pain right in the arch and in the toes. And it's sad to see myself in so much pain only 20 minutes into the class. But I think I may have found something to help me combat the pain...
Healthy Toes Toe Trainers!
I'd seen these in magazines for a few years now, and I had always wondered if they really worked. They are supposed to stretch out your toes and the tendons underneath the foot... Helping make things more flexible and ward off foot pain. I wore them for about a half an hour the past two days. It does ache a little to have them on, but I guess that means they are stretching things.
Let's see if I notice any difference in "Awkward" foot pain over the next few weeks... Stay tuned.
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Also, I'm willing to bet that, no matter how proficient you get in the second part of Awkward, you will still be able to push it to where it hurts like hell.
Thanks Kimberley!