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Antwerp
Barefoot Belgium

His teaching emphasizes the often-overlooked functions of the foot and how they shape our ability to move efficiently and safely in any environment.
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The HuMan Foot seminar begins this journey by rethinking one of the body’s most fundamental structures — the foot — and its role in human movement, stability, and overall health.

“HuMan: More Than a Seminar — a Learning Experience.” Anton Ghys is a movement specialist, educator, and physiotherapist with a deep passion for the foot as the foundation of human performance, posture, and injury prevention. With over a decade of experience in human biomechanics, Anton has dedicated his career to understanding how the foot influences the entire body — from subtle postural shifts to explosive athletic movements. Blending knowledge from fields such as physiotherapy, functional movement, neurodevelopment, and manual therapy, Anton offers a multidisciplinary approach to assessing and treating movement dysfunctions. Anton guides professionals on a journey to rediscover the foot not just as a structure, but as a dynamic sensory organ — key to stability, coordination, and longevity in movement. His seminars are known for their high-level content, hands-on learning, and immediately applicable tools for therapists, trainers, and coaches alike. Whether working with elite athletes or rehabilitation clients, Anton’s approach is grounded, evidence-informed, and deeply connected to natural movement principles. His goal: to help professionals reconnect with the body's foundation and transform how they view human movement, starting from the foot.

01/03/2026

Short Foot – Stage 1

The short foot exercise is a foundational foot control drill, targeting the intrinsic foot muscles responsible for maintaining the medial longitudinal arch.

Evidence shows that short foot training can improve intrinsic muscle activation, enhance arch stiffness, and support better load distribution during gait and stance. It has also been associated with improvements in balance, postural control, and foot stability.

This is the first stage — focusing on awareness, low load, and precise motor control.

Progressions include higher load, dynamic positions, single-leg tasks, and integration into walking and running patterns.

Build control first. Strength and performance follow.

25/02/2026

Single-leg balance is a fundamental component of efficient gait.

During walking and running, the body repeatedly moves through single-limb support while managing load, rotation, and postural control.

The Reverse Tap is a single-leg balance exercise using a contralateral movement pattern, closely reflecting the neuromuscular demands of real-life gait mechanics.

Training this pattern improves sensorimotor integration, force transfer, and stability from the foot up through the kinetic chain.

In the HuMan Foot Workshop, we go deeper into gait-based assessment, progressions, and practical exercises like this to build strong, adaptable feet that support the entire system.

23/02/2026

Tension-type headaches are often linked to increased tone in the suboccipital muscles — the deep muscles located just below the skull.

These muscles play a key role in cervical stability, eye–head coordination, and postural control.

Prolonged desk work and screen use often place the head in slight extension, keeping the suboccipitals in a constant low-level contraction.

An elevated heel position (heeled or cushioned footwear) can further shift posture forward, increasing compensatory tension up the kinetic chain — including the cervical spine.

This gentle exercise targets the suboccipital muscles to reduce tone, improve neuromuscular control, and offload the neck.

Small movement. Low effort. Big relief.

20/02/2026

Big toe mobility matters more than you think.

The big toe plays a key role in propulsion, balance, and force transfer during walking and running.

If it can’t move well, your body will compensate somewhere else — often without you noticing.

This simple exercise helps restore big toe mobility and reconnect your foot to efficient movement.

In the HuMan Foot Workshop, we go much deeper: assessments, progressions, and many more exercises to build strong, functional feet — from the ground up.

18/02/2026

Limited ankle dorsiflexion doesn’t stay at the ankle.

It changes how you squat, walk, run - and how force travels through your body.

This simple dorsiflexion mobilisation improves joint motion, restores load transfer, and gives your foot and ankle back their natural role.

Move slow. Breathe. Let the joint do the work — not the stretch.

Strong movement starts at the ground up.

Keep it simple.

Yours truly,

Anton

05/02/2026

Een paar sfeerbeelden van de eerste sessie at 🌿🤩🤙💪

Having fun while working out, what’s not to love!

31/01/2026

Maar 4 keer super gebruikt.

Vloog januari bij jullie ook zo voorbij? 🙈

20/01/2026

16/01/2026

Movement challenge ⤵️

Can you go from knees (seiza) → jump → squat
without collapsing, rushing, or losing control?

No hands.
No warm-up shortcuts.
Just mobility, timing, and foot control.

If this feels hard, that’s the point.
Train transitions — not just end positions.

🎥 Try it. Film it. Tag it.

14/01/2026

Morning movement hits different 🌿
Fresh air, natural ground, simple human movements — that’s where energy comes from.

You don’t need a gym to feel strong.
You need space, curiosity, and a body that wants to move.

Start your day outside.
Your nervous system will thank you.
Your body already knows how.

Move first.
Everything else follows.

Feel free to check out following events! 🤩

👣 Human Foot Workshop - Mechelen .sportpraktijk

👣 Human Foot Workshop - Leuven .onthemove

👣Human Foot Workshop - Hasselt

🌿 Natural Moving, Mind & body retreat

And every thursday I will be teaching a natural MOVEMENT class in Te Boelaerpark 💪

☀️🌱👣🌿

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Antwerp

Website

http://www.barefootbelgium.com/

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Our Story

The Evidence Based Fitness Academy is a Continuing Education Institute created to provide scientific and research-based curriculum for health and fitness professionals. All curriculum provided by the EBFA must meet strict requirements set forth by the Founder, Dr. Emily Splichal and the Education Review Committee. The decision to become a Barefoot Training Specialist® is the first step towards joining our community of in-demand health and fitness professionals from around the world who have a solid understanding of foot function and barefoot science. This is for all Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers, Personal Trainers, Movement Specialists, Group Fitness Instructors, Podiatrists, Chiropractors. With the foot as the foundation to human movement, many movement dysfunctions treated by movement specialists integrate the foot. By understanding and implementing barefoot science and from the ground up corrective exercise techniques, movement specialists will be able to confidently address all movement dysfunctions. Evidence supports corrective exercise techniques using barefoot training as a powerful aid for patients with ACL injuries, low back pain, ankle instability, SI joint dysfunction, hip labral injuries, and several other lower extremity difficulties. Explore how barefoot science can enhance the timing of muscle activation patterns and how this directly relates to the prevention of hip, knee, & foot injuries.