Thank You Science
Learn how to handle pain in your calves, and numb feet, to regain an active life-style.
My twelve step method works. I want you to get your life back on track, too. Learn the importance of spreading your toes, engaging the muscles in your feet, and much much more!
Dr. Kevin Thomas Morgan BVSc, PhD, FRCPath
Not sure you trust a stranger?
I had to fight PAD, wasn't sure who to trust
My work is designed to help people like myself. Getting old? I'm 81.. Have vascular disease? I've got an aortic aneurysm, that I self-diagnosed in 2010. They kindley stented it (thank you), and I went back to Ironman training. Then peripheral artery disease (PAD), reared it's ugly head in 2014. Confirmed by ABI test in 2015. I continued Ironman. Yes! It was tough, but effective based on my medical training. All is explained in the book above.
That said, start with your feet, whatever your issue.
Click this link for your FREE EBOOK, as an introduction to my work.
-kev
Still not sure you like my work
Learn how to overcome health setbacks, and get going again with this ebook. Only 1.99
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Third book in the series, INSPIRATIONAL SELF HELP BOOKS. A simple guide to overcoming major health setbacks as you age. Based on Dr. Morgan's extensive medical, athletic, and body movement training.
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In order to optimize body movement, and get around more easily as you age, awareness of what's going on in your body is essential. Dr. Morgan's studies of these issues resulted in his continued Ironman training in his early 80s, as is clearly explained.
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THIS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE, OR YOUR LOVED ONES. Learn about the four major balance systems, vision, inner ear, somatic, and soles of your feet, plus the importance of core strength, in the elder.y. Help your parents and grandparents.
Keeping your feet is art and science
how you move is one key to keeping your feet
how you move is one key to keeping your feet
how you move is one key to keeping your feet
My sandpit test. Running recovery sandpit impressions, reported on my blog, Athlete with Stent, where there are over 1,100 posts on aging training and subjects that interest me.
(A) mild heel strike (fatal for knees)
(B) hard push off from toe (fatal for Achille's Tendons)
(C) pronation (generally no big deal)
(D) close to OK (worth learning, I can teach you)
Photos by Kevin Thomas Morgan aka FitOldDog
Know Yourself - that's the place to start
how you move is one key to keeping your feet
how you move is one key to keeping your feet
I had no idea I had an Asperger's phenotype. It's amazing what we don't know about ourselves, that can help us a lot.
This is why knowing how you move. HOW YOU MOVE! Is the first key to avoiding, and/or fixing injuries or setbacks.
Awareness is everything, especially as you fight the battle against aging. Don't forget to make it fun, as smiling in the face of adversity really helps.
You can do it! I know you can, with a little science and discipline.
They gave me a PAD award for my work - that's nice!
thank you kym mcnicholas, much appreciated
This award was from The Way to My Heart, where Kym fights avoidable PAD amputations. This was for my work on arterial occlusive disease. Reminds me of the movie, "The Wizard of Oz."
Why?
I'm English by origin, and we don't handle compliments very well. We tend to shuffle our feet and look awkward, so I did. That said, it was very kind of Kym McNicholas of "Way to my Heart" fame. Kym saves many from avoidable amputations, and she is one of my heroines.
Never Stop pushing the envelope
Overcoming pain to grow collaterals and finish the race
Here I am in Finland at age 80, with severe arterial occlusive disease, finishing the 2023 World Half Ironman Championships in Lahti, Finland. I'm running almost entirely on collaterals in my right foot, as there is no detectable dorsal pedal pulse. Symptoms of similar vascular occlusion are now appearing in my left leg. However, Ironman training-induced collaterals are keeping me going. This demonstrates the power of exercise to overcome peripheral artery disease, due to the body's adaptability to stress.
That race kicked my butt, but it was a blast
In spite of lots of training, that was a tough race. They gave me a medal, but, as I said at the time I would have preferred some pizza. I know what to do with pizza.
One way to fight back against arterial occlusive disease is through exercise, starting with a peripheral artery disease walking program. The more the better, including lots of cross training, for which biking and swimming work like magic. The human body is highly adaptive. When we induce the pain of claudication or numb feet, due to poor a blood supply, Our body responds by growing new vessels to send blood around the blockage.
This allows me to continue enjoying my favorite sport, Ironman.
Peripheral artery disease is tough
Arterial occlusive disease, is due to blockage by plaque. These vessels normally take blood to our feet, while the blockage can lead to loss of toes, feet, and lower legs, due to gangrene and the need for life-saving amputations.
Remarkably, our bodies can adapt by growing new blood vessels. Did you know you are also growing collaterals in your heart, which is good, because many people with PAD also have heart disease.
Keep yOur Feet after vascular surgery
doesn't need to happen to you whether it's due to genetics or diabetes
Once the physicians and surgeons have done all they can, and your vascular surgery is over, learn how:
- You can do your part to grow new blood vessels (collaterals) around the blockages in your legs.
- How you can modify your body movement to keep moving to have fun and keep your feet.
I have both an AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, since 2010) and PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease, since 2014). I apply my medical and body-movement training to stay on the Ironman course, and I love it. Not bad at age 80!
Avoidable amputations due to vascular disease are a disaster.
I've never been on a magazine cover before!
Along with several other people fighting Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), my work on PAD artery disease treatment throwas featured in the Health Monitor magazine. Much appreciated, as the role of exercise in arterial occlusive disease therapy needs further emphasis.
If things go south, adapt and move on
learn the difference between good pain and bad pain.
"Books by triathletes about pain are always revealing. Enjoy and learn."
- JPD Oakley, Amazon Review