Improving Foot Strength in Vocational Ballet Dancers

This intervention group will perform toe flexion using a toe flexor (TF) device, which facilitates the shortening and stretching of the TF muscle-tendon units (MTUs) against resistance bands. While seated, participants will push a pedal down with their toes over two counts and release it over two counts.

This intervention group will perform single-leg heel rises on an inclined platform. Participants will place their hands against a barre for balance support, lift their heels over two counts, and lower them over two counts.