PEOPLE BODIES: YOU NEED TO SEE THIS NEW WORKOUT IF YOU HAVE PAIN FROM WEARING HIGH HEELS!
by Gabriella Olya
9 March, 2017
Link Article: http://people.com/bodies/you-need-to-see-this-new-workout-if-you-have-pain-from-wearing-high-heels/
If your feet are suffering from wearing high heels, Ilaria Cavagna may have the solution.
The dancer and trainer has created the High Heel Rescue Workout to help women who have high heel-related pain in their feet and throughout the body.
“The pitch of heel puts a lot of pressure on the foot, and on top of that this pitch creates a lot of adaptation in the posture and the gravity line above,” Cavagna tells People Now. “Not all the time, but oftentimes you have aches and pains of the knee, lower back and neck because of the change in the posture.”
Cavagna came up with the idea for her workout after her clients kept complaining about foot pain caused by their uncomfortable shoe.
“Working out the feet is really, really important,” she says. “I don’t think too many people know that. Getting them strong is important because they’re the foundation of our body. If your feet are in good health, the rest of the body is in good health and can stand properly.”
Cavagna created “Rescue Loops,” two sets of leather loops connected by a tension spring, to help work out the feet. Her High Heel Rescue Workout utilizes the loops to do a series of movements for 30 seconds to a minute each that help release tension and increase blood circulation in the feet.
For the first move, Cavagna puts the larger loops around the feet just below the joint of the little toe.
“Extend the legs, having the legs hip-width apart, which already engages the glutes when you lift, and you just pull out the toes lightly,” she says. “The little movement connects the work of the ankle all the way to the hips. If you flex the foot more you elongate the posterior part [of the leg], which usually if you wear heels shortens because of the position of the ankle.”
