Quote Originally Posted by jessmarimba View Post
I can't pick my toes up enough to not slap my feet
Just speaking from my own experience and no knowledge whatsoever ...

I've had big issues with ankle flexibility in dorsiflexion and lesser, but persistent, issues with my Achilles tendons.

My PT this summer did a whole lot of mobilization work on the bones in my feet and ankles. I'm sure that's the #1 thing that helped.

The three exercises she left me with (for my ankles - there are others I'm doing for my low back and SI joint) are the one-legged heel raises I mentioned; a one-legged thing where I go from standing, then to ardha chandrasana to parivrtta ardha chandrasana and rotate three times before standing back up; and standing forward-leaning calf stretches where I take my opposite knee from inside to outside 15 times to get all aspects of the calf muscles.

It's made an enormous difference. I'm ramping up my mileage for an April marathon and my Achilles aren't bothering me at all (touch wood)...