Better Foot Biomechanics Equal Better Outcomes In Your Performance !

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Feet are the foundation to creating better balance in your game whether you are playing soccer, baseball, golf or tennis. Poor foot biomechanics can affect all facets of those sports. The foot is designed to be a mobile adapter upon contact with the ground and a ridged lever during propulsion, having abnormal foot biomechanics can throw off that design. There are 26 bones in each foot therefore close to half the bones in our body are found in the feet. So when the foot hits the ground everything changes. Whatever skill set you are trying to improve, establishing a controlled weight transfer through your feet will help you achieve your goal. When your feet abnormally pronate meaning as your arch collapses towards the ground your feet become unstable and therefore your lower half will become less stable. This can result in losing power and efficiency in the lower half of your body whatever sport you play. The more stable your feet are the better balanced you become.

It is extremely important that your feet are stable to be able to transfer your body weight and energy through the lower half of the body. When your feet abnormally pronate, meaning as your arch collapses towards the ground and flattens out the bones and joints in your feet become unstable and therefore your lower half compensates becoming less stable. Without being able to control your body motion you will find yourself imbalanced, leaning or falling forward or backward. This can result in lower half muscle imbalances resulting in loss of power and torque in your hips, weakness in your legs and inefficient transferring of weight in your feet.By stabilizing the foot, it becomes maintained in its neutral position allowing for greater foot and leg stability which helps create hips to rotate better when hitting.

Stabilizing your feet can be as easy as placing the proper arch support in your shoes, Instant Arches for all sports is just one product available to create better balance. www.instantarches.com

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