use the rubber band? You have

to know, for example, if I have the rubber band around my foot and I am attaching the band to my knee, for example, and I am pushing down against the band like the accelerator of a car, I am strengthening my calf and my Achilles muscles And you could be a superstar and benefit just with a comfortable 10, 12 reps.

If I attach the same rubber band to my foot, but the band's attached in front of me and I'm pulling the foot back, called dorsiflexion, I'm strengthening the shins.

Paul the Muscle died and made a big deal out of it.

He invented a piece of equipment where you were doing like raises with the piece of weights between your feet.

Now, if I have the band attached and I'm rolling the foot in, I am now working the whole ankle complex on the outside.

If I change it and I'm moving inside, I'm now working, this is a fit, you're working every muscle you have, every tendon.

In fact, Medicare is actually going to be reimbursing for health coaching in 2027.

They don't know what they

are.

Yes.

Well, yes.

Sometimes it's the Wild West.

The role of the foot is a very, very important one.

The foot moves in three directions simultaneously, words called pronation supination.

But is there a different orthotic for when they're walking around just normally casually versus running or versus playing a sport? No,

They have a lot of pressure.

Well, here I'll give you some pearls.

The late, great sports psychologist, Jim Vickery, who shared my radio show for about five years in the 90s, had some bullet points for sports parents.

And number one was don't be a critic.

Don't be analyzing your son or daughter's game on the way home in the car.

Number two was be a good listener.

A lot of these kids are hurting.

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