♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ the two most famous ♪
♪ physical therapists ♪
♪ on the internet. ♪
- Howdy, folks, I'm Bob Schrupp,
physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical
therapist. - And together, we are
the most famous physical therapists
on the internet. - In our opinion
of course, Bob. - So we're gonna go over
seven causes and cures
for your foot pain.
We're gonna start off with number one,
and that is a tight calf muscle.
- Oh yeah. - So this is what
my daughter had.
And the thing is, if your calf muscle's tight,
the movement has to come from somewhere.
So if your ankle is unable to bend up this way...
- Dorsiflex. - Dorsiflex,
the foot's gonna take the brunt of this.
- Is it gonna put- - More pressure on the foot.
And that's what happened to my daughter,
she started having foot pain.
Didn't know why, we checked her calf.
- Stem- - Had to start working on it,
it took the foot pain away.
- For some people they may not realize,
but these muscles, here,
are responsible solely for plantar flection,
or pointing your toes down,
pushing off - Right.
- when you walk or run.
I mean, there's other muscles in the foot,
- Plus the fascia - there.
extends from the calf, - Yep.
- down into the Achilles tendon,
and around the foot,
into the bottom of the foot.
- So think of from here,
all the way up to here, as one unit.
- Yeah. - Very well connected
to each other. - So it's really tight
up here, the movement's gotta come
from somewhere, so you put
all the pressure on the foot.
- Yep. Over stresses this area.
So we gotta loosen this baby up.
- So what's the solution, Brad?
You can use the massage gun
as probably the best. - Well...
- The best, if you're gonna... - Well...
- The best solution, right?
- Well, yeah, if you don't have one though,
you don't have to go out
and buy one - Right, you could use
a tennis ball and roll on it.
- Mmhmm.
- You could use a lacrosse ball.
You could actually take
a foam roller, - Yep.
- And roll your calves on that.
- I think we should stretch it too, don't we?
- And stretch it, absolutely.
(both chuckle)
- But oftentimes you do this and then stretch.
- The stretch is just gonna be...
Well, Brad's gonna show it
against the wall. - I'll show you
the wall stretch, which is...
I like this surprisingly. - Now, he stretches
the one in the back, - Yeah,
this one. - is the one he's stretching.
And he can do it with the leg bent, too.
- Yep.
There, and then bend the knee,
get a deeper muscle.
Soleus, gastroc,
soleus, gastroc.
And stretch that out.
- All right, this second problem
is a very common problem.
And especially in women's shoes.
So, the toe box,
that's this part of the shoe, right here,
is too narrow.
- [Brad] Yeah.
- And it squeezes
your toes together. - Yep.
- And you're gonna find that especially in high heels.
- [Brad] Oh yeah.
- You know?
'Cause then, not only you have a small toe box,
but the shoe is sliding, I mean, the foot
is sliding down into that area and really getting
squished together. - Yeah, 'cause the toe box
is tapered in, and you're just,
you're pushing your toes
into that taper. - So I don't know
if you can see this, Brad,
but on this one, - Well, it's like
you're holding up two shoes,
Bob. - Yeah, but this one
is a lot wider, (Brad wheezes)
especially on the top, here.
- Yeah, it is. - Yeah.
- [Brad] That's that toe box.
Toe box, toe box, toe box is really critical
- See how this one
really narrows up? - Yup.
- So my wife, when she was younger,
she always wore high heels
- Yeah. - because of her job.
- I thought it was just to get closer to you, 'cause...
(Brad wheezes) - That's right,
because I'm tall.
she's pretty tall though.
- She's five what?
- 5'7". - 5'7"?
- Almost five eight.
- You're almost a foot taller.
- Well, no. - Well, 10 inches.
- Yeah, that's true.
So anyway, she developed bunions,
because her feet got squished together,
we'll talk about what she did for a solution.
But the first thing is,
you really wanna have a shoe
with a wider toe box. - Yeah.
- Especially, I got these for just walking around
and running, - Yup.
- and they really make a difference.
They're really a lot more comfortable.
My feet have room to move, and breathe, and...
- Yeah, your toeies.
My toes are- - My toes are happy.
- My toes are having problems right now.
And I usually am concerned
about my toe box in my shoes, - Sure.
- but I can feel this,
almost my second-to-pinky toe is
- Getting pushed in? - going underneath
and I can feel it.
It's like, "Oh my God, I'm getting
the old symptoms." - Yeah.
- My toes are getting squished.
I'm gonna convert. - These shoes
are actually, they got
stretchy material, too. - Sure, yup.
- So it really helps.
So number three, and we're talking
about bunion pain now.
So, bunions occur quite often
when the foot is being squished in.
And especially when the big toe
gets pushed over, and it creates
a big bump right here.
- [Brad] So a bunion is actually something
right about here? - Right there.
- [Brad] Just below the base,
at the base of the big toe. - Yeah.
- [Brad] On the side, right?
- [Bob] Right, on the side.
- I mean, I know.
I just wanna make sure it's clear.
- So again, you're gonna wanna avoid high heels.
Because that's gonna promote that.
You're wanting to get a larger toe box.
But the thing that my wife
started using was called...
These are called yoga toes, I believes.
Yeah, yoga toes.
- So- - They may be
called different things.
- Right, you can find different ones
on Amazon and such.
But she puts these on,
and she at first couldn't even get them on.
And you have to use water on them,
then. - Well, people probably
don't even know What the hell these are for, Bob.
- [Bob] Well, it helps spread your toes out.
- [Brad] Well, put them in there, once.
- [Bob] Well, I shouldn't really do it.
My wife is using these.
- [Brad] Well, my god, you're married to her.
Don't you do little toe things
at night? - (chuckles) No.
- That doesn't matter. - No.
So anyway, I'll just start them.
Because I should wet them down
to get them in, the lower ones.
- But just so people... - Yeah.
- [Brad] Between each toe,
it separates and puts a little stretch on there.
If they're tight. - Yes, And I'll tell you,
this has been a miracle.
- Yeah, put this up there, Bob.
- Oh, yeah. - That bothers me.
There you go. - This has been a miracle.
I mean, seriously, her toes were bad.
I mean, the bunion
was really bad. - Yeah, I hope
she doesn't watch this - But she's starting
- episode. - to straighten out.
I mean, we did a before and after on,
but I didn't bring it with.
But anyway, (Brad chuckles)
we did before and after picture.
She's now able to walk with these in place.
At first she couldn't even, - Yeah.
- you know, even stand
on them. - So her toes
are starting to open up. - Starting to spread out, yes.
She loves them.
I mean, - Oh, good.
- just amazing.
- Did you tell her you were gonna talk
about her toes today?
- No. - God, okay.
- No, she knew.
She sent this along. - Probably a wise thing.
Oh, she did? - Yes.
- So, she knows. - She cleaned it up
and sent along, and I'll clean it up again.
So, all right.
Calluses.
Let's say your foot starts develop a callus.
Why you wanna make sure you shave them down
is because they're gonna
give you pain, - Yeah.
- and they're going to throw
your walking off. - Yep.
- So I found out myself...
So I really like this,
it's called the...
I used to laugh at it. - Is it the foot file?
- The Microplane. - The Microplane.
- Foot file. - Basically a foot file
or a, it's more like a rasp.
If you do any woodworking, - Yeah.
- that's the way it's shaped.
- This thing has been the best thing for me.
(Microplane scrapes)
As far as..
Larry, you can see it, can't you?
- [Brad] Zoom right in on that, Tanner,
(Bob laughs) I just think
it's the grossest thing. (crew talks indistinctly)
Yeah. (laughs)
- [Bob] And this is funny,
'cause I just did this, like,
a couple of days ago. - Yeah.
And that just keeps
on coming back. - Yeah.
- [Brad] Especially in the wintertime
I think this is more important, huh Bob?
Those up north people? - Yeah, and actually,
I got a split in my heel - Yeah.
- from taking pressure on it. - I can see that.
- Yeah, and so, my wife said
"Well, you gotta to start putting lotion on it."
- Yeah. - So she got me some
Gold Bond foot cream.
- Yeah, I've had good luck
with that. - Have you?
- We don't have anything to do with it,
I just know I, - No, we don't
have anything... - over the years...
- Any foot cream. - Does your wife
rub your feet down
and massage too? - No, she doesn't.
She doesn't get
close to them, so... (Brad wheezes)
All right, let's say you're having pain
on the top of your foot. (Brad groans)
There's a number of reasons why this could be,
and we should do a video on it someday, Brad.
But right now, all I'm going to say to you
is what you can do is actually
take your shoe, and you skip
one of the shoe holes?
What do we call it? Eyelet?
- Eyelet, yeah. - Yeah.
- [Brad] Where the shoelace
goes through. - Yep.
See, I skipped two of them.
And that creates a gap
where you don't have that shoelaces,
that stress of the shoe laces - Sure.
- on the foot. - Take some of that
pressure off, (hands slap)
there. - Really makes a difference.
I mean, I had a problem with this for a while,
and it really helped. - Yeah,
just take some pressure off. - Yep.
- These shoelaces are elastic.
I've used these in the past,
but I didn't know they come brand new
with them on, - Right.
- that's a good option. - Right.
- Then there's a little Velcro thing
to lock it in where you want,
which you may need for- - It's just a good
shoe all around, I like it.
- Yeah.
It's got the zero...
- Zero heel, yeah.
Inclined. (both laugh)
- And we were- - Zero-drop,
they call it. - Yeah, they're zero-drop.
So your foot is parallel - Level, yeah.
- to the floor,
versus inherently up. - Versus the big heel,
I think, of the year. - Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, if you think back,
back in the '70s and '80s,
- They got higher and higher.
- Yeah, higher, higher,
more cushion, more support,
- blah, blah, blah.
- What happens is,
is your feet get weak,
because the shoe was doing the work for you.
- Yeah.
It's like wearing a back belt all the time.
- But the problem is, if you have
a really poor arch in your foot,
and your foot is collapsing,
you're actually pronating
your foot. - Sure.
- In that case, you may wanna
buy arch support. - Yeah.
- Arch support. - Yeah, when your foot
is that bad, where, - Right.
- is it the navicular bone
if I remember properly, - Yep. Yep.
- is actually contacting the floor.
Then these are probably
- Right. (laughs) not gonna help
at all. - And I won't buy
one that's custom made.
I would just buy one
off the shelf. - Yeah.
- 'Cause we did the research on that.
We found out the ones off the shelf
were just as good. - Yeah.
We'll have comments on that.
I know we will. - "My podiatrist..."
but that's okay.
- That's true.
All right, if your shoe has worn out too much,
you wanna replace it.
Because I've seen people who have
the shoe really wore out
on the inside, - Yeah.
- and they're really - Pronating.
- flattening their foot down.
So you wanna make sure you keep up on that,
that your shoe is not contributing
to your problem, so... - Right, yeah.
Just look at the heel, or look at the base.
- You can look at it, yeah,
you can just see,
you'll be able to see how
mine's starting to wear out here, but...
- Yeah, that's not bad. - That's not bad
at all. - The orange part
is still there. - Yeah.
- You get down
to that white cushion... - Right.
- You start to see the white through there.
- Yeah, that's a problem.
We've got some videos specifically on that.
- All right, a bonus... - Oh yeah.
- Brad, if you wanna take good care of your feet,
get a foot massager.
These things are- - Yeah. Yeah.
- Oh my god,
that's a treat. - If your wife
won't massage them, this never says no.
(Bob chortles) Put your feet in there
and you plug it in, and it compresses.
It massages.
And it also feels good. - Indeeds.
- Kneads. - Kneads it, I mean.
(Brad wheezes) Roll up your...
- Heats it up, yeah. - Yeah.
- There's a little heat- - That's right,
there's heat too, yeah.
- The heater's not
really aggressive, - No, it's not.
- but the massage is nice,
and the compression's nice.
So it's a- - I've stopped
doing it lately.
- What's the issue, Bob?
- Well, my feet
have been feeling good. - Yeah, I suppose
you're busy filing away (Bob laughs)
on them too much. - That's right,
that's right. (Brad laughs)
I gotta clean the stool up.
- Oh my god. - All right.
Remember, Brad, I can fix
just about anything- - Except for...
- A broken heart.
- Yeah.
- We're working on it,
right? - There's no relationship
between the foot and the- - Are we working on it?
- No, yeah, take a little,
what do you call it when you quit working
on something like that? - Hiatus?
- No, there's another...
- Oh yeah.
The college...
- Professors, they take a year off
to write a book, - Right.
- they're taking that sabbatical.
- Sabbatical! - Sabbatical,
yeah, we're sabbaticaling
from the heart issue. - (laughs) Sabbaticaling.
- All right, thanks for watching,
folks. - We're very intellectuals.
- (laughs) Very intellectuals.
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