During my balancing on one leg exercise, I've noticed how hard the tiny muscles in my feet are working to maintain my balance. It's not the muscles in my upper or lower legs that are responsible. After all:
... the feet have more bones than any other single part of the body, with each foot containing 26 bones, totaling 52 bones for both feet, which is over a quarter (about 25%) of the 206 bones in the entire human body, making them complex structures vital for movement, balance, and shock absorption.
I got Gemini to do deep research on the issue of foot health and strength and here is a link to the report that it came up with. There's a lot of text unfortunately and no pictures and so I got NotebookLM to generate an infographic (see Figure 1).
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Figure 1: generated by NotebookLM |
It's all just common sense really. Any repeated motion that strengthens or increases the flexibility of the muscles connecting the 26 bones in each foot is good for you. As with all exercise however, start slowly and build up the number of repetitions. I need to incorporate this into my daily exercise regime. Figure 2 shows a good image of the bones of the foot:
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Figure 2: source |
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