How to stand correctly on a rebounder

Pronating / Supinating

 

Some call it "inverting of the ancles", the medical term is "pronating" or even "overpronating". This is when your heels/ancles have a tendancy to invert towards the inside so that your arch of the foot becomes flat. For people who have this tendency, the rebounder acts like a magnifying glass and makes this habit visible. It is not the rebounder that makes you pronate, rather you pronate and the rebounder makes this visible. And the softer the surface of the rebounder, the easier you can see it. About 65% of all people have a tendency to pronate and often you have it more developped on one foot than on the other.

 

There are also people who do the contrary. This  is called "supinating". Supinating is when the ancles are falling towards the outside. Then most of the person's weight is resting on the outside of the feet and you can see this when you look at the shoes. The soles on the outside are much more used then on the inside. About 15% of people are supinating.

 

 

  left side:   pronating

  right side: correct feet position

 

 

 

 

 

How to stop pronating / supinating

 

Now, what can you do when you find out that you are pronating or supinating? If this tendency is very developed, you might have remarked this already and possibly have seen a physiotherapist or a foot specialist. If you do not have any problems or pain but you are pronating or supinating, you still might want to correct this habit before starting to rebound.

 

The trick is, to stop pronating or supinating is to contol your heel. You want to position your foot in a way that your heel is in a 90 degree angle to the floor. Train this on the floor. And later train this on an unstable surface like a rebounder. Your body will be happy if you correct this habit. Many people's knee problems dissapear just by correcting their feet position.

 

Here a video that shows you how you can do this: