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If you can wiggle, spread, and bend your toes you probably have a good sense of balance. But for many, this very normal exercise may seem like a far-away notion because when they try–nothing happens. In these cases, the toes have lost their proprioception (sensory awareness). In a way the toes have developed a sort-of sensory paralysis–meaning they can’t move because they have been confined for too long and their normal neural connection from the toes to the brain has atrophied.
