Show EXERCISES TO PREVENT FALLEN ARCHES GIVEN women who are arc bothered with aching insteps after much stand standing inq should take special exercises to strengthen their arches according to professor katherine Kath crino cooper head hand of the department of physical education for women at the utah agricultural college it is far easier to prevent a fallen arch by proper care and exercise of the foot than tit is to curs cure one says miss cooper hero here are three exercises which miss aliss cooper especially recommends first stand with feet well apart wi with the weight thrown heavily on the I 1 outside of the foot then in bare feet if possible grip hard with the toes as if you were picking up marbles with them until you can feel the pull along the inside of the arch then relax tho the foot to normal position and ta repeat peat there is no better strengthener of the whole foot than this exorcise exercise miss cooper declares another wonderfully helpful exer clie e is as follows take little steps for 0 j ward in stocking feet or soft shoes goeing toeing straight in and putting all the weight on the outside of the foot walk around the room several times in this fashion your progress Fess may not be graceful and your ankles may ache for a few minutes at first but you will find yourself repaid by the relief from arch trouble trouble which this exercise will afford A third exercise the most simple of all is also one of the best it con consists fists simply of raising on the toes swing ing the weight out and dropping back on on the heels again if these three exercises are arc faithfully says miss allis cooper any arch which is not actually fallen should be cured and they are the ilia 3 surest possible preventatives of foot trouble |