Optimal Alignment for Feet and Knees

By Kelly Dean

Optimal foot, ankle, and knee alignment impacts every step we take. Creating opportunities to align your feet directly forward encourages smooth knee flexion and extension and neutral pelvic alignment. In many cases we have tight calves and poor standing posture so our body adjusts to walking with our toes pointing out and our tail tucked. We have a few strategies to improve awareness and release the tight muscles that keep your feet and knees from moving as they should.

Make it functional

Stretch your calves while you brush your teeth. We LOVE to habit stack at The Tummy Team. Take a habit you already do consistently (like brushing your teeth) and add your standing in stride stretch to that routine. Consistently releasing your calves will improve your step length, your intrinsic foot strength, decrease knee knee pain, improve neutral pelvis alignment and encourage functional core strength.

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