Foot Arch Pain: How To Massage Flexor Hallicus Longus 

In this video, I show professional massage therapists how to identify and massage the "flexor hallicus longus" that might be the cause of "foot arch pain." Deep tissue massage on the bottom of the foot can bring relief to soreness and pain in the arch.

Finally there is an arch pain massage.

Thank you for sharing this information. I'm 74 yrs old, walk 3 miles up & down hills 3-5 times weekly and just last week developed slight pain in the arch. I'm working on my foot now. Hoping for a good outcome & another 20 yrs of walking 🤞

This video is exactly spot on! Excellent information.

Thank you. Most informative.

Looked up so many videos and yours was spot on. At first I didnt think I could continue the massage but it got easier and better. Thanks

simple and spot on! thank you doc!

This relieved the foot pain that was BURNING for hours on end thank you!

This is the exact pain I have in my foot. Amazing how easy it was to find this. Thank you!

So helpful!!! Thank you!

Very good tutorial .

spot on great info

Omg..was in pain all day. Thank you for the vid! I am going to try this

OMG!! I see this video is 2years old. When I tell you this is the 5th of 2023 and I just start googling about this arch pain. Never even knew we had 4 arches. And this is the Inner Longitudinal this man is dead on spot. I thought because me Diabetic I had to run back to my doctor. Me being off for two weeks and wearing these flat shoes did this. Thank you sooo much. This has released sooo much pressure and saved me a trip from the doctor. Thank You!!!♥️♥️

Excellent, this is my exact problem, and this type of message really helps.

Thank you

Thankyou sovso much brother. God bless you

Thank you so much 🤩

Thanks so much!!!! I am going to try this ❤❤❤

Thank you so much man 👌🏾really appreciate iy

Great job in showing how to relieve arch pain. I recently had ankle fusion surgery and TAR due to an injury 12 years ago and my arch on the operated foot became flat and noticeably much flatter than the other foot with now having pain in arch and heel. I’ll try your massages. Thanks for the demonstration!!

Thank sir, now i got my solution of my feet problem ❤

Hi Doug- I am a regular runner, and recently been experiencing a pain(off and on at times) along this tendon right behind the forefoot. Did a ton of research and kept getting steered to plantar fasciitis….but my heel is fine. Using KT tape for support…..helps a little…but still some pain. On the order of pain scale….pretty much a 2-3 on scale of 1-10..but it is there; I pay a lot attention to pain because it could indicate an oncoming injury, etc. I can walk - and I notice it - but it does not affect my gait. Thanks for video and stretch/massage information - hope it helps.

You are purely amazing. Thank you. I never felt pain but once I started massaging this particular area it hurts me so bad I had to stop now when i press it it is sore 😢

I did this massage to my foot and had some relief. Going to look for a qualified professional and get the job finished!

It started few days back,though i don't run but walk in treadmill .I was wondering y it pains in the foot. this video helps.will try.thanks.🙏🏻😊

Been an LMT for 6 years, also an LPTA. Great info! Working with a patient s/p ankle fusion and they’ve had a lot of pain along FHL along with significant weakness. Been difficult to work on strengthening due to the pain. Will try this and some active release techniques and hope it works! Thanks!

Another Golden nugget of REAL WORLD effective therapy. Sure glad I found your video site! I appreciate your sharing the physiology of our often neglected, often over-used tendons, ligaments, muscles, cartilage. I've used several of these on myself with favorable results. THANK YOU.

That’s exactly where my pain on my foot is at. It feels like it is bruised in that area. Where you said where people are going to be jumping as you go up, that’s exactly where it is the most sore for me

Came across your video and found it very informative. Thanks ! My husband has been doing alot of yard work outside.His One foot has a very high arch so is the exercise done the same way on both.?

Suis fan !!! 🤩🤩🤩

Omg I did this on myself and that guitar string you mentioned, I can see it! And feel it and it huuurrrtttsss so good once I get to digging 😂

Game changer

I have been having pain right in the spot you described ever since i was a little kid! I called it "My Bee Sting" because when i'd accidentally bend my foot a particular way while walking it felt like stepping barefoot on a bee and getting the stinger stuck in your foot- i didnt know how to describe the pain any other way. I'm now 36 and its bothered me on and off since childhood, but in the past 5-10 years the pains have gotten more frequent- eith periods of flare-ups. My big toe flexion has lost a lot of its strength. It trembles easily and gives out when trying to push the tip of my big toe into the ground. The distal joint of my big toe also now hyper-extends almost as much as it flexes. I've also been noticing that my big toe will rise upward on its own like its preparing for lift-off, or as if a helium balloon is tied to it! Happens whether im sitting, lying down or standing. I have to consciously remind myself to push my big toe back down toward the ground. I think this lifting is occuring at both the proximal and distal joints of the big toe, but the distal joint actually feels really rickety and crunches a lot with passive flexion and extension. Anyway my question is, are there any chronic disorders/diseases/conditions or structural abnormalities that would cause this to start in a kid so young- 4 or 5 years old and continue for several decades?

I have really bad arch pain but this exercise didn’t do too much and it’s not very tender, it was nice to loosen it though. But could that mean it’s more that my hips aren’t where they should be? (Which is my suspicion as I have a lot of hip joint pain and my knees want to turn inward) Edit 2 months later: I’ve learned a lot since this comment. My hips are in fact out of alignment causing my knees to kind of bend towards each other, not enough to notice unless I’m paying close attention. Something that really helps is sitting in a chair with both feet on the ground, about shoulder width apart. Then taking my fist, or two and placing my fist on the inner part of my knee and squeezing both knee’s together as hard as I can, (like I’m making a knee-fist sandwich, to help imagine what I’m saying if I wasn’t clear). Often times, when my arches are particularly hurting I’ll feel a little click in my sit-bones, especially on the left as this is my particularly bad side. It’s the most bizarre thing to then start walking around because all my weight will be off my arch and back to the outer ridge of my foot, where it should be. So I hope someone finds this helpful!

Haha thanks man, I found my diagnosis!

Thank you for posting this! I just started walking around in Oofos slides and my FCL tendon hurt a little before but after a few days is quite painful (like you mentioned with people wearing orthotics). I have high arches. I got the slides to hopefully help with my achilles tendonitis. So should I not do orthotics or arch support slides?

Thank you so much, ive been suffering from planter fasaciitis for over 3 months, i get acupuncture once a week which seems to help as well as i do lots of stretching. I will try thus massage on myself ,❤Maybe I should see a massage therapist?, im think I know what you would advise, 😊,

Very helpful, thank you.

Mine does pop like crazy

Can you share the link on the foot massage proceeding this that got all the muscles of the foot relaxed? Please.

Oh my gosh, I did to my foot what you did and I almost screamed, I have arch pain 24/7 and that strip is so painful. I can't stand to touch it again. What's bad is that it's both of my arches.

I have pain here & also get cracks pop when I stretch it.. wat shld I do to reduce cracks pop???

Cute🤗

Hello doctor, I would like to ask. I have this vibrating-like feeling under my right foot on its left side (inner arch part), upon palpating the area, I can feel that it pulsates upon vibration, one time I walked it hurt like having something pinched inside (I don't know if it's cramps or something is really pinched)- it was painful that I had to stop walking. I've been having this for 2 days now. I tried massaging the area, it does help to be relieved for a while then the vibrations goes back. I mostly feel the vibrations when lying down or sitting. Stomping my feet makes it painful as well like that prickling feeling. No numbness nor burning sensation. I searched it up online, and said I may have pallesthesia and it can be a cause of compressed nerve or blocked artery. What could this really be? Want to do home remedies for it, what can I do?

Mines always soooo tight and happens frequently what’s the cause of it I spent 10 years working in a underground mine now a mechanic and my feet are giving me hell

I have this pain sometimes when I am walking, but it is most intense when I am lying down, mostly when I am trying to sleep. As someone else posted, it feels like an intense bee sting in the area.

I was wondering how often can this be done in a day? Do you massage until the pain goes away, like days, weeks, etc. Need relief and it is very difficult to find a professional massage therapist who has the knowledge you have. Please let me know. Thank you.

I have so much tightness in the muscle; and a lump on my arch that hurts when applied pressure.feels so tight when I move my big toe

Does tool like roller help with this treatment?

Why do i have a bumpy rocky feeling when i use my knuckle to rub again the tendon?

I've been having problems with my big toes clicking, popping, and getting locked up and every time I try stretching the toe joint, I get a cramp along the hallicus longus. What would be the solution to my problem?

I have this pain in both feet. Can this condition be caused by playing the drums?

I've had this pain for 3 years and haven't walked with a nor all stride in that amount of time. I would scream and kick if I were to press on my tendon like that. Been to 2 specialists and have zero relief. Now my knees are terrible from not being able to flex my foot when I walk. Not sure what to do.

Should this tendon feel bumpy like a spinal cord almost?

Every time i try to stretch out my toes or rub my feet the damn thing clenches up and wont let go

This person has a flat foot...

That doesn't look like it would help arch pain at all. My husband gives the best foot massages, and I find that when he does a pinching motion all the way down my arch, it feels wonderful. Know one can beat my husband or has even come close to massaging my feet as God as he does.

Pls help Sometimes when I curl my toes in or for example sit on my knees (.e.g. feet behind me facing down, I feel my inner arch pulling then tearing if i stay that way n let it, feels similar to a pulled muscle in your calf (pain 😵‍💫)but instead happening in your arches What is this 🫠in general im not in any pain it’s this potential pull and rip happening if I’m I’m in a Certain Position 🐣