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Unfortunately, we all tend to land on our heels by dorsiflexing as a means of putting on the brakes.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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That means walking or running up or down hills, climbing stairs, walking or running on your toes yes, that includes wearing high heels, or dorsiflexing.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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Lock your knees while dorsiflexing your ankles point your toes toward your head.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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In figure 50 I am reaching forward with my leg and dorsiflexing my ankle, which causes a heel strike.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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The equinus element is next dealt with by forcibly dorsiflexing the foot until the deformity is over-corrected.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Flat-foot is frequently associated with stiff great toe; the patient having lost the power of dorsiflexing the toe, the first phalanx and first metatarsal are in a straight line, instead of forming an angle open towards the dorsum.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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At ground contact, the hip on the amputated side should be flexed and moving toward extension with the knee flexed and the prosthetic foot passively dorsiflexing.
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