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The products on this website are designed for people who want to build strength, improve form, and prevent injuries, and for busy healthcare professionals looking for state-of-the-art examination techniques and tools.
ToePro Foot/Ankle Exercise Platform
The ToePro® foot exercise platform has been designed to Improve Performance by strengthening muscles of the foot and leg in their lengthened positions. Compared to conventional exercises, exercising lengthened muscles produces nearly fourfold increases in strength.
Sara Hall
Professional Marathon Runner
Balance Buttons
The Balance Buttons are here! These unique pads are designed to prevent falls and improve balance by producing site-specific stimulation of cutaneous receptors located along the outer sides of your feet. Recent research shows that this precise location is loaded with different types of cutaneous receptors, all of which play a key role in maintaining balance. The outer placement also makes them important in preventing lateral falls, which are far and away the most likely to result in injury.
Two-to-One Ankle Rockboard
The Two-to-One Ankle Rockboard is designed to place your foot in the position of a future sprain and then force you to use your muscles to pull yourself out of the risky position.
Lower Extremity Performance Package
What is this package and why do I need it?
Package includes 1-ToePro Foot/Ankle Exercise Platform and 1-Two-to-One Ankle rockboard.
- The ToePro Foot/Ankle Exercise Platform improves your performance and stability by strengthening muscles of the foot and leg in their lengthened position
- The Two-to-One Ankle Rockboard is designed to effectively exercise the muscles of your lower leg to prevent ankle sparains
- and you get a discount!
ToePro & Dynamometer Clinician Packages
Packages includes 2, 6 or 12-ToePro Foot/Ankle Exercise Platforms and 1-Toe/Hip Strength Dynamometer
- The ToePro Foot/Ankle Exercise Platform improves your patients performance and stability by strengthening muscles of the foot and leg in their lengthened position
- Toe/Hip Strength Dynamometer allows you to precisely quantify toe strength. Toe strength deficits have been proven to correlate with chronic plantar fasciitis, falls in the elderly, and impaired athletic performance.
- Free UPS Ground shipping and per-unit discounts!
Testimonials
“As an athletic trainer in the NBA, the ToePro has become our favorite exercise device for increasing not just toe strength, but also horizontal jump distance. It also plays an important role in injury prevention.“
“I love my ToePro and use it every morning before I run. It helps strengthen my feet, ankles, and calves, and improves my push-off and running form. Takes just a few minutes a day and has helped keep me injury free. I even pack it when I travel!”
“Simplistic genius! The ToePro is incredibly easy to use and my athletes love it. I’m always surprised how many high-level athletes present with toe weakness, and how much they improve after using the ToePro. I wish I started using it sooner!”
Claire Bernard Miller, PT, DPT
Activate Physical Therapy & Wellness
Dr. Courtney Conley
Total Health Solutions
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Tom’s Corner
Merza E, et al. The acute effects of higher versus lower load duration and intensity on morphological and mechanical properties of the healthy Achilles tendon: a randomized crossover trial. J Exp Biol. 2022;225(10).
In the late 90s, Alfredson published a widely referenced paper showing that heavy-load eccentric calf exercises reduced pain and improved function in even the worst cases of Achilles tendinopathy. More than 20 years later, it is still unclear exactly why heavy-load...
Oranchuk D, et al. Isometric training and long-term adaptations: Effects of muscle length, intensity, and intent: a systematic review. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2019;1–20.
The lead author of this paper, Dustin Oranchuk, has a history of publishing some of the best research on tendon remodeling. In this paper, the authors point out that isometric contractions have several advantages over conventional concentric and eccentric exercises....
Hong J, et al. Risk factors for contralateral tendon rupture in patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture. J Foot Ankle Surg. April 7 2023.
A small but unfortunate percentage of people who tear their Achilles tendon on one side will go on to tear the opposite side. The authors of this study evaluated medical records of 181 patients presenting with Achilles tendon ruptures to identify which specific risk...
Khair R, et al. Non-uniform displacement within ruptured Achilles tendons during isometric contraction. Scand J Med Sci. 2021;00: 1-9.
Achilles tendon ruptures are disabling injuries that lead to long-term deficits in strength, physical activity, and function. Despite the high prevalence of this injury, the optimal treatments for the management of Achilles tendon ruptures are poorly defined. The...