Lateral Intertarsals Plantar 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:

  • Ipsilateral hand fixates the talus from dorsal
  • Hypothenar of contralateral hand placed on cuboid from plantar
  • Moving distally:
    • Fixation of the cuboid bone
    • Hypothenar of other hand under 4th and 5th metatarsal

Direction:

  • Roll and glide into dorsal and lateral direction