These exercises are for your right foot. Switch sides for your left foot.
- Sit on a bed or the floor with your right leg out straight. Slightly bend your left knee.
- Flex your right foot back, pushing your heel forward and pulling your toes toward you. This is dorsiflexion. Hold for 5 seconds.
- Then move your foot in the opposite direction, pointing your foot and toes away from you. This is plantarflexion. Hold for 5 seconds.
- Repeat 5 times.
- To do the exercise with your left foot, straighten your left leg and slightly bend your right knee.