Subtalar Joint Inversion/Eversion

Position of the therapist:

• Standing at the short edge of the bench

Position of the patient:

• Prone lying position
• Feet hanging over the edge of the bench
• Talocrural joint still on the slightly lifted head part of the bench
• Optional: Patient pulls himself cranially by grabbing onto the edges of the bench for more traction

Hand placement:

• Index and middle fingers of both hands embrace the neck of the talus from ventral
• Squeeze patient’s calcaneus with the thenar eminence of both hands
• Optional: Fixate this position by crossing the thumbs over the patient’s achilles tendon
• Therapist’s forearms form a straight line

Direction:

• Traction at the subtalar joint into plantar and proximal direction
• Then move the foot into inversion and eversion