Broken Toe Rehabilitation Exercises
- Toe passive range of motion: Use your hand to gently bend
the injured toe joint. Then gently try to straighten out
the toe with your hand. Repeat slowly, holding for 5
seconds at the end of each motion. Do this 10 times. Do
these exercises 3 times per day.
- Towel pickup: With your heel on the ground, pick up
a towel with your toes. Release. Repeat 10 to 20
times. When this gets easy, add more resistance by placing
a book or small weight on the towel.
- Standing toe raise: Stand with your feet flat on
the floor, rock back onto your heels and lift your toes
off the floor. Hold this for 5 seconds. Do 3 sets of 10.
- Heel raise: Balance yourself while standing behind a
chair or counter. Using the chair to help you, raise
your body up onto your toes and hold for 5 seconds. Then
slowly lower yourself down without holding onto the
chair. Hold onto the chair or counter if you need to.
When this exercise becomes less painful, try lowering on
one leg only. Repeat 10 times. Do 3 sets of 10.
- Towel stretch: Sit on a hard surface with one leg
stretched out in front of you. Loop a towel around your
toes and the ball of your foot and pull the towel toward
your body keeping your knee straight. Hold this position
for 15 to 30 seconds then relax. Repeat 3 times.
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Last modified: 2008-07-07
Last reviewed: 2008-07-07
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