Unleashing your Tibialis Posterior and Fixing Flat Feet

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So a couple weeks ago I put up a post on the importance of the tibialis anterior muscle, and had a bunch of requests to film a video on how to do some SMR work on that bad boy. Well, combine the simple pleasures of a vacation over Christmas with an insane work schedule for a health club trainer in January, and I’m just getting around to it now. Epic fail on my part.

Although I won’t take all the blame. One reason I wanted to wait was so that I could order a new mic pack for my camera, as filming in a busy gym tends to produce a lot of background noise that makes for a less than effective speaking video, which means in the interest of quality for you, the viewer and reader, I wanted to wait until I had all the ingredients in place.

This will be one of the first of hopefully many more video demos or “Vlog Posts” to come, where I showcase some training considerations and fun or possibly voodoo type stuff for the general masses to digest and let simmer. With that said, enjoy.

For those interested, I’m using a Sony UWP-V1 wireless mic and transmitter, and a Canon Vixia HF S20 camera to shoot these.

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  • Andrew

    Great post about how to cue a stable foot and how it can impact higher up the chain.

  • Dave

    Great video very informative.

    I have trouble trying to do that part were you say spread the toes. I can do that when there up but find it hard to even attempt when the feet are on the ground again.Will the information in the video help with bunions?

  • Troy

    Is that what you were telling me to do?

  • Bryan

    Dude epic! Incredibly helpful!

  • Julie

    Very informative! Keep them coming

  • deansomerset

    Yes.

  • deansomerset

    Thanks Bryan!

  • deansomerset

    Glad you liked it.

  • deansomerset

    Bunions are a structural alteration, so depending on how severe, the only thing that may provide much benefit would be surgery.

  • Rick

    AWESOME Dean!!! Awesome Taren as well…. huge improvement!

  • Scott

    Great stuff. Thank you

  • disqus_1bHByc5lxR

    Great video, just one thought though. If the tib post is tight and makes the foot look more supinated, why would it make the arch of the foot collapse? Wouldn’t it want to keep the arch high when standing? I can understand it if it was loose because it couldn’t support the arch but tight?

    Thanks for great posts/ From Sweden

  • deansomerset

    The tib post can be tight, as in over active, which would pull it into a supinated position, but the arch would be more of a feature of the longitudinal muscles of the foot. If the tib post is dysfunctional, the main dysfunction I see is a rotated tibia under the femur. If the feet are flat AND the tibia is rotated, attack the tib post. If the feet are flat and the tibia isn’t rotated, work on building the arch.

  • Emmet

    Excellent tips Dean.

  • Scott R

    Dean, love the videos. Please keep them coming. As a Physical Therapy student you are making me sound much smarter in class than I am. Already dazzled my classmates and instructors regarding limited hip internal rotation. Now I can’t wait to find a fellow student with a foot inversion. :-)

  • deansomerset

    Always glad to be of service ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/funkychicken01 Peter Toumbelekis

    Hi Dean, Awesome video. I especially liked the explanations of how a ‘flat foot’ occurs at the start. Just a question. If Tib post helps the arch and a lack of strength in this muscle causes flat foot, why are we releasing it? Shouldn’t we be strengthening it? I might be missing something.

    Pete

  • Cheryl

    Would wearing shoes that have arch support help keep that tripod foot, or even negate the flat foot?

  • deansomerset

    It helps, but it would be best to train the foot to know how to develop an arch on its’ own

  • http://www.facebook.com/ben.jack.73 Ben Jack

    Adhesions within a muscle can prevent it from firing/contracting properly.