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02. Right 1st Ray Sense

Feeling and sensing your right 1st ray or metatarsal, is a simple technique that has positive and profound effects on your ability to resonate health and Be your true self. 

Your right 1st ray provides a sense of contact or reference, so you more easily feel stabilized in your postural system, activate appropriate muscles and experience a more relaxed sense in your body. A new way of feeling, being and expressing yourself may arise when simply sensing this area in a variety of positions and activities throughout your day.

Without appropriate sensation and integration of this bone the big toe must adapt commonly causing discomfort, alteration in your gait patterns and a bunion where the 1st ray meets the 1st big toe phalange. Use these techniques to support appropriate sensory input through your right 1st ray.

 

Instructions to sense your right 1st ray

  1. Refer here for how to determine which option below may be best for you.
  2. Cut a piece of thin stretchy sports tape to the size of your right 1st metatarsal. It will cover the first big toe joint and about half of the arch. Place it on the bottom of your right foot along the arch in the general area of the first metatarsal bone, use the picture above for reference. *Use < 25% stretch or tension on your tape. 
  3. Place an arch support pad or a re-shaped cotton ball along your 1st ray to feel the support under this area when you walk.
    1. These are foam arch support pads. 
    2. These are felt arch support pads. 

Utilize this for increasing your right 1st ray sense for ~½ the day, taking a break only as needed, for at least the next 4 days or use as long and often as desired. *Unless otherwise directed.

  • Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to perform.
  • This technique is commonly paired with Right Big Toe Sense.
  • This technique is a different than Right Arch Sense.

Bonus Journal Prompt:

  • What does this new sensation give you?
  • How can this felt sense in your right foot support you in life now?

 

 

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