Pain-Free Sitting, Standing, and Walking: Alleviate Chronic Pain by Relearning Natural Movement Patterns by Craig Williamson

Author:Craig Williamson [Williamson, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781590309711
Amazon: 1590309715
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2013-04-08T21:00:00+00:00

FIG. 2.10

If you cannot sense the arch in each foot, it may be easier to feel the arch of your hand. Try this. Place your forearm and palm down on a table; relax your muscles. Slowly move your four fingers toward your thumb, keeping your thumb stationary. Feel and see how your palm arches up. Now move your fingers away from your thumb and notice that the arch goes down—but not all the way. Your hand will not naturally lie perfectly flat on the table. To flatten the arch completely, you must either tighten your hand muscles or place a weight on top of your hand.

You can feel the arches in your feet as well. Explorations 10 and 13 and Exercises 14, 15, and 21 will help you do this. The arch acts as a spring, a shock absorber for the foot. It allows the foot to yield to the ground with each step. This makes the rest of the body more comfortable when standing and walking.

In standing and walking, the arch is influenced by an imaginary line in the foot I call the weight-bearing line. Look at figure 2.11, the sole of the foot, and notice the position of the calcaneus (heel bone). See how it is angled inward, not parallel to the toes. The direction of the calcaneus shows where the weight of the body wants to travel along the foot when walking. Body weight is carried along this imaginary line, which runs diagonally from the outside half of the calcaneus toward the space between the first and second toe.

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