The toes are curled around a towel as pictured. The toes should be alternately curled and straightened. This exercise is performed for one to two minutes, twice daily.
Reproduced with permission from Sheon, RP, Moskowitz, RW, Goldberg, VM. Soft Tissue Rheumatic Pain: Recognition, Management, Prevention, 3rd ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1996.