GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dorsiflexion occurs in your ankle when you draw your toes back toward your shins. You contract the shinbones and flex the ankle joint when you dorsiflex your foot. You can also dorsiflex your foot by lifting the ball of your foot off the ground while standing, keeping your heel planted into the ground.

Detailed explanation-2: -Talocrural Joint – The talus rolls within the mortise during dorsiflexion and plantarflexion. During dorsiflexion, the talus rolls anteriorly and it glides posteriorly. While with plantarflexion, the talus rolls posteriorly and glides anteriorly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dorsiflexion also occurs when the tibia moves forward towards the foot, or when both the foot is moving towards the tibia and the tibia is moving forward to the foot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dorsiflexion is the action of raising the foot upwards towards the shin. It means the flexion of the foot in the dorsal, or upward, direction. People use dorsiflexion when they walk. During the middle stages of weight bearing and just before pushing off the ground, the foot will reach its end range of dorsiflexion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary motions of the ankle joint occur within the sagittal plane: dorsiflexion (ankle flexion) and plantar flexion (ankle extension). Dorsiflexion can be described as movement of the top of the ankle and foot toward the anterior aspect of the tibia.