We may not have the prettiest landing page, but we know our bodies and our method really works.
Do you want to fix your foot pain, or admire our web skills?
Welcome to our Plantar Fasciitis Solution Page, including free advice on the blog, a manual with instructive video, or in selected cases personal analysis and recommendations, and still evolving!
FitOldDog fixing the problem.
Informative Blogposts Are Free:
Our plantar fasciitis products all began as a result of the overwhelming response we received to one blog post (linked here), “I Fixed My Plantar Fasciitis With A Trigger Point Performance Therapy Roller (Sigh Of Relief!)”. But this blog post only scratches the surface, and finally lead to our 5-step program, which can fix the problem and keep it away. Available in our Video Store (see below).
e-Book and Videos:
Rebecca, a dance and body movement specialist (see below) and I found that many things people needed to know in order to fix their plantar fasciitis pain are hard to explain in words, so we created a downloadable video series, which can be purchased for $1 via the promo code in our e-Book. Here you can purchase and then download our 5-Step Plantar Fasciitis Manual and explanatory video.
Rebecca and FitOldDog
Body Awareness Video Series:
It became clear to us that many cases of plantar fasciitis, and other sports injuries, can be effectively addressed through the study of body awareness. It is essential to pay attention to posture, balance and flexibility. Such issues are addressed in our Body Awareness Video Series.
Personal Service:
Selected customers, who are not sure how to find the underlying cause of their heel and/or foot pain, send short videos of them standing, walking, and running (if they are runners). In this case, for a negotiable fee, we provide feedback on what we consider the issues to be and how to approach treatment. For all our products, if you find no relief from your heel/foot pain we will refund your money, but our real goal is to help you to fix your problem.
Read on if you want to know more about us and our approach.
With backgrounds in athletics and body movement we can unlock the your solution - imagine being able to walk and run happily again.
“After 4 months of enduring the pain of plantar fasciitis and following all the wrong instructions from friends (rest, nighttime boot, ice, etc.), I came across FitOldDog’s guide, and it’s been nothing short of amazing.” See Ryan’s unsolicited testimonial at end of page.
Our method is based on personal experience and an understanding of biomechanics (how your body moves).
Having been there we know the pain and frustration you’re suffering?
Or read on!
FitOldDog’s bout of runner’s plantar fasciitis-induced heel and foot pain resulted from a tense hamstring triggering calf muscle spasms and tightening of the related fascia. How would a boot or sock help with that? They didn’t?
At age 70, FitOldDog,veterinarian, scientist and health and fitness blogger, qualifies for the 2013 World Half Ironman Championships in Nevada, USA - still trucking due to extensive body awareness training.
Our strategy for YOUR long-term freedom from heel and foot pain is to locate and address the underlying cause of your problem.
We even work with selected customers, at no extra charge, to spot the problem, if a brief video of their running or walking is submitted following a purchase, time permitting - we each have our own activities (Dance and Ironman) to enjoy, so our time is limited.
If you don’t fix it you might have to give up running for good, or worse still you may tear your plantar fascia, which is excruciatingly painful. As a dancer (Rebecca) and Ironman triathlete (FitOldDog) - see bios below - finding and resolving injuries before they impact our lives is what our body awareness work is all about.
Just fix your plantar fasciitis now with a little educated effort and run for the rest of your life!
With a little body awareness work, we came up with a solution for you, our 5-step program for curing and preventing runner’s plantar fasciitis, directed towards your particular issues.
Improving your body awareness is the real key to enjoying life-long sports activities including running, which tends to be injury prone.
FitOldDog completes the 2013 Louisville Ironman (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile marathon), to finish 3rd in this age group, feeling great and very hungry.
SELF-EDUCATION, as recommended here, is the answer.You will learn to improve both your mind and body awareness leading to better understanding of your condition. This learning is then available for application to other physical and mental challenges in your life.
Our program will take you on this journey of self-discovery.
“If there were a better approach out there for curing runner’s plantar fasciitis and heel pain we wouldn’t be wasting your time and ours writing this!” by FitOldDog (Veterinarian and Ironman Triathlete) and Rebecca (Dance and Continuum Instructor).
- Read enough? Purchase our e-book
Biographies:
Click image for link to my website.
Rebecca Amis Lawson has been whole-heartedly involved in dance and psychology for the last 30 years. She received her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy from New York University and a B.S in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She has had extensive training in alignment, ideo-kinesiology, effort/shape analysis, yoga, connective tissue massage and Continuum Movement. She is a somatic practitioner using the body and movement to facilitate one’s physical well being. The emphasis is on teaching self-help interventions in order that the individual can maintain, independently, a healthier body mechanic. Together, we explore resources needed to develop a greater ease of movement, reduce body tension, and improve body alignment for correct sitting, standing, walking, dancing, and sports activities. We integrate new structural and spatial possibilities. These goals will be achieved in large part by increasing flexibility and improving core support structures with an enhanced knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology. The results reawaken and release the grace and support of our animal bodies.
Click image to watch my relaxed finish.
Kevin Thomas Morgan (aka FitOldDog) is a veterinarian with extensive training in Pathology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and mathematical modeling, who has moved into this new career of body movement and aging. His business, Old Dogs in Training LLC, has the specific goal of encouraging and assisting people to undertake programs of safe exercise for better health. He has an emphasis on getting on with life after major health challenges, which in his case was a self-diagnosed, life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) – click this link to download a free copy of his Surgery Recovery Guide. He is the first person in the world to complete an Ironman race with an AAA stent graft. Click the image to see his 2011 Lake Placid Ironman finish, showing no signs of plantar fasciitis after the 140.6 race (undertaken very carefully - first person in the World with an AAA stent graft). His desire to continue Ironman racing, safely, into his 70s has promoted his interest in body awareness and efficient movement.
Why FitOldDog Strongly Recommends That You Consider The Study Of Body Awareness As (preferably before) You Age:
FitOldDog was immediately sold on the value of body awareness as the result of his introduction to the Feldenkrais method, which fixed a chronic knee pain problem when everyone else, including doctors, physical therapists, and other medical specialists failed to find the actual cause of the problem, a motor cycle accident 45 years previously. Karen Dold, his skilled Feldenkrais instructor, worked it out in a matter of minutes, saying “Kevin, did you notice that when you sway to the right your right shoulder moves forward slightly?” - an epiphany! You can read the story about FitOldDog’s knee problem on this blog post. With the help of movement experts, such as Rebecca, FitOldDog continues to learn about effective body movement and it’s application to life as you age. For instance, if you want to learn how to get out of a chair more effectively, whilst protecting your back, click this link.
The bottom line of the FitOldDog approach to life, health, and safe exercise, is that the best help is self-help based on the best information and input you can find from others. However, it is your call at the end of the day.
Testimonials:
From Ryan, Austin, Texas, USA.
“After 4 months of enduring the pain of plantar fasciitis and following all the wrong instructions from friends (rest, nighttime boot, ice, etc.), I came across FitOldDog’s guide and it’s been nothing short of amazing. Within a few days I saw results and was walking my dog again, without fear and now I’m up to 4 mile runs…now I just need to get in shape for the marathon I signed up for.”
From Frank B.
“The exercises you gave me in conjunction with help from a chiropractor have greatly reduced discomfort (pain!). I think your method is a good start and I’ll continue to avoid re-injury. F.B.”
e-Book with promo code for video series.
Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.
Copyright © 2010 Kevin T. Morgan aka FitOldDog, Old Dogs in Training, LLC.
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