Happy Feet: Dynamic Base, Effortless Posture: Franklin ball and imagery exercises for the feet, knees, and lower legs

Happy Feet is a short book that's filled with simple exercises that improve balance, proprioception, strength, posture, and your mental image of how your feet/body move. I could tell from just one session doing maybe 10 of the exercises that my feet were worked out in places I could've never gotten to without using this book and the green Franklin balls. I get that it's pricey, but I feel like it's worth the money to work with your feet as they're meant to move. Also, Eric Franklin explains how each exercise affects your feet and your body. I highly recommend this book - your feet affect every

I cannot believe all the things you can do with these balls! They are SO much better than using tennis balls it's no comparison. There are many different exercises in this little book. They look simple to do, but they are really more complicated or challenging than you might imagine. I have plantar problems and these exercises really do help quite a bit. Many of the activities involve using both feet at the same time which taps into your core and balance, which is good. They are very sturdy and will not break, but they don't hurt your feet when using them. I use these in combination with indiv

I like the exercises but I think the book is a bit expensive.

I got these to go w my Franklin balls… the book is a useful to remind me which exercises to do and make sure I’m doing them correctly.

Lots of color photos that illustrate the exercises. Some of the exercises are also in his book, Conditioning for Dance. http://www.amazon.com/Conditioning-Dance-Eric-Franklin/dp/0736041567/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418485618&sr=1-5&keywords=eric+franklin&pebp=1418485641372 but they are easier to follow here. This will challenge your sense of balance. He also provides cues for imagery such as a visualizing a fountain of water supporting your arches. Requires an exercise band and small balls that you can stand on.

I am very happy with this book! Others have complained about the price, but OPTP sells other manuals like this one for a similar price — I own six other OPTP manuals (written by Angela Kneale) and they were about the same number of pages.When information is helpful and is presented clearly, then it doesn’t always have to take a lot of pages. This is a good thing, no?

The book was recommended to me by a senior physio and it does not contain a single piece of original or even slightly interesting work. If you can tie your own shoe laces then you can match the intellectual prowess displayed in this book, plus it is basically just a sales catalogue for their ridiculously over priced products.

This book contains a lot of useful information. I have already begun to use the exercises and can feel a difference in my feet and ankles. I recommend that you also purchase the 2 balls shown on the cover.