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:
- Ipsilateral hand fixates calcaneus against edge of the bench from plantar
- Hypothenar of contralateral hand placed dorsally over navicular bone
- Moving distally:
- Fixation on navicular bone
- Hypothenar on medial cuneiform
Direction:
- Roll and glide into plantar, increasingly proximal and medial direction
- Moving distally:
- Roll and glide into plantar, increasingly proximal and lateral direction
N.B:
For the navicular bone, normally the roll and glide direction is: plantar, increasingly proximal and LATERAL but this is changed to avoid impact with the cuboid