Lateral Intertarsals Dorsal Capsule Roll & Glide

Position of the therapist:

  • Standing or sitting medial 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 calcaneus against the bench from plantar
  • Hypothenar of ipsilateral hand placed dorsally over cuboid
  • Moving distally:
    • Fixation of the cuboid bone
    • Hypothenar of other hand over 4th and 5th metatarsal

Direction:

  • Roll and glide into plantar and medial direction