Review Question - QID 218945

A 42-year-old recreational beach volleyball player is referred to your clinic by his primary care physician. The patient states that he has right-sided posterior ankle pain which is keeping him from being able to complete his conditioning runs. The patient reports that he had similar symptoms a few years ago while training for a marathon. On exam, the patient has tenderness to palpation along the Achilles tendon, and his posterior ankle is swollen when compared to the unaffected extremity. You prescribe the patient rest and provide him with a CAM boot as needed for symptomatic relief. Six weeks later, the patient reports that his pain has improved, and he is eager to begin physical therapy. Which of the following movements is important for the patient to perform as part of an appropriate rehabilitation program?