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Put the Spring back into your Step with Prickle Ball Pilates

Do you always seem to have cold feet, even when it’s warm outside?

Do you suffer from plantar fasciitis pain or flat feet?

Do you have weak ankles and often get foot and ankle injuries?

Our feet are an important part of our bodies, they take us places, keep us balanced, enable us to move slowly, quickly, skip and dance BUT they are easily forgotten and neglected.

Why not give your feet some much needed TLC by doing some Prickle Ball Pilates.

‘Some what?’ you might say. 

Let me tell you more.

Prickle balls are soft massage type balls with small spikes and can be used all over the body to release tension on the myofascial system, the complex continuum of muscle and connective tissue that forms a web throughout our bodies, a bit like cling film over our muscles.

Here, I am going to focus on our feet!

We can carry a lot of tension in the fascia underneath our feet and using a prickle ball to affect the fascia through the surface of the skin helps to reduce muscle tension, relieve pain from plantar fasciitis and put the spring back into your step if you have flat feet. It increases the blood supply to the feet, improving circulation, increase body awareness and aids in injury prevention and rehabilitation.

1. Toasty feet!

So many of us today are leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles stuck behind a desk that our feet don’t get the exercise they need. Feet confined in shoes also contribute to impaired foot health.

Rolling your foot over a prickle ball for just 10 minutes each day is a great way to warm your feet up, boost your circulation. Many of my clients do this and report it has made a huge difference.

 

 2. Springy feet!

The plantar fascia, the connective tissue that supports the arch of the foot, can cause chronic pain if it deteriorates. This pain can be significantly lessened through using a prickle ball on the feet, pressing the ball deep into the arch of the foot. The compression restricts the blood flow and then when the pressure is released, fresh, oxygen rich blood flows back into the area, helping to decrease the pain and rejuvenate the tissues. It can also help to relieve pain and exercise the feet of people who have ‘flat feet’ or collapsed arches.

3. Strong and Mobile feet!

Exercising our feet is as important as exercising other areas of our body. Strong and mobile feet and ankles will help prevent injuries and speed up the recovery of any existing injury.

Using the Prickle Ball in Pilates encourages all the small joints and muscles in the foot and the ankle joint to work in different planes of movement. This enables you to walk further over different terrain, balance better, avoid falls more readily and prevent injuries.

Many ballet dancers I work with gain huge improvements in their point by using a prickle ball regularly.

Give your feet a new lease of life and do this TLC Prickle Ball Pilates for your Feet session and feel the difference. You’ll feel like you are walking on air!

Which Prickle Balls to use

Be careful when ordering off line because some look ok but when you feel them, they are too hard and the spikes too spiky! They will be too painful to use. If you’d like to know which prickle balls I use here are the ones I recommend.

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IMPORTANT: This session is not appropriate for any pregnant women due to reflexology points in the feet that may onset labour.

Using the prickle balls in Pilates may feel sore in areas where there may be fascial tightness or a build-up of waste products, but it will benefit these areas. Remember to focus on your breathing and work with your body. Avoid areas where there is broken skin, inflammation of bruising, but working around these areas will promote circulation and healing.

Let me know how you enjoy using the Prickle balls and if you’d like any other prickle ball Pilates sessions.

Here’s to happy feet!

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