Medial Intertarsals Plantar Capsule Roll & Glide

Position of the therapist:

  • Standing or sitting lateral to the foot to be examined/treated

Position of the patient:

  • Supine lying position
  • Foot placed over edge of the bench

Hand placement:

  • Contralateral hand fixates the talus from dorsal
  • Hypothenar of ipsilateral hand placed over navicular bone from plantar
  • Moving distally:
    • Fixation of the navicular bone
    • Hypothenar of other hand on medial cuneiform

Direction:

  • Roll and glide into dorsal, distal and medial direction