I was interested in exploring forefoot flexibility, after reading one of the articles in a different thread, "A Comparison of Foot Forms Among the Non-Shoe and Shoe-Wearing Chinese Population".
This made me wonder about how lack of flexibility, might contribute to various conditions, and what might be done to improve flexibility.
Working with the Shoe-Bound Arch by Til Luchau, Myofascial Techniques
I couldn't find any studies exploring this question, but would something such as Morton's Toe be less of an issue, if the forefoot was more flexible, as might be expected in the habitually unshod?
The unshod foot had laxity of the joints and tissues producing, in its natural form, a flexible foot with a degree of metatarsus latus, matatarsus primus varus, and hypermobility.
This letter shows a table from the article.The foot in its natural unrestricted form is mobile and flexible without any of the statis complaints often encountered
This made me wonder about how lack of flexibility, might contribute to various conditions, and what might be done to improve flexibility.
Working with the Shoe-Bound Arch by Til Luchau, Myofascial Techniques
I couldn't find any studies exploring this question, but would something such as Morton's Toe be less of an issue, if the forefoot was more flexible, as might be expected in the habitually unshod?