Stretching your feet should be an important part of any pre-workout warmup routine.

Here are four foot stretch exercises to help you do it.

But the one muscle youre probably forgetting, way down there at the very bottom?

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And according to Nike run coachTraci Copeland, thats a big mistake.

Feetalways get overlookedwe warmup everything else, but we dont think about our feet enough, she says.

so that prevent it, Copeland suggests cycling through a few foot stretches before diving into your exercise routine.

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To try some foot stretch exercises of your own, follow along with Copeland in the video above.

Then, say goodbye to post-workout foot pain forever.

Bend your body forward to grab your toes with your hand, and pull them toward you.

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Hold for 30 seconds.

Toe flexion, left:Switch legs and repeat the move on the other side for 30 seconds.

Sit your hips back on top of your left knee and lean forward over your front foot.

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Hold for 30 seconds.

Kneeling hamstring stretch, left:Switch legs and repeat the move on the other side for 30 seconds.

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