Keep Soles & Calves Healthy with Pada Mula Sakti Vikasaka

Pāda is the Sanskrit term for “foot”, Mula is the Hindi term for “Base”, Sakti Vikasak means Development. So, Pada Mula Sakti vikasak helps in strengthening the muscles, ligaments and tendons of foot and surrounding area like sole and calves. It is very easy exercise that can be done by any person subject to some restrictions that I have mentioned below under Precautions of pada mula sakti vikasam.

Starting Posture of Pada Mula Sakti Vikasaka

Stand straight but relaxed manner is the starting position.

Exercise/ Technique of Pada Mula Sakti Vikasaka

This is a set of two exercises that can be done alternately or subsequently.

EXERCISE `A’ :

1. Throwing the weight of your body, stand on your toes.
2. Raise and lower you body in a spring like motion.
3. Keep your heels and toes together throughout.

Practice for 25 times in the beginning.

EXERCISE `B’ (Balancing Exercise):

1. Keep your hands along the thighs.
2. Balancing on the toes, jump up as high as you can, coming down on the toes.
3. Use toes to maximum  effect.

Practice for 25 times in the beginning.

Care should also be taken to maintain the original position of contact between the heels and the toes, and to bring them down on the spot from
which you jumped.

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Precaution of Pada Mula Sakti Vikasaka

Though this set of exercise is very easy, there are some precautions associated with this exercise that must be followed. One should avoid this exercise under the following conditions:

1. Varicose Veins
2. Knee Joint Pain
3. Knee surgery
4. Vertigo
5. Cardiac Patients must be careful while doing this exercise. It depends on the nature of cardiac issues.

Benefits of Pada Mula Sakti Vikasaka

1. Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari in his book on Suksham Vyayama has mentioned that these exercises give the calves  strength and symmetry, rheumatic conditions are cured. The calves become firm and the soles of the feet strong.
2. Those who are unable to do rope-jumping must first practice this set of exercises to prepare for rope jumping. Even by doing this set of exercises, the practitioner gets more than partial benefits of rope-jumping like the following:
   1. You can definitely helped by doing this exercise in respect of losing your weight as it helps in calories burning.
   2. As it is balancing exercise, it improves the coordination.
   3. It also strengthens the bone density.
   4. It also improves the heart health. But it is not necessary that cardiac patients must do it. They should do it in consultation with their physicians.

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