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The Baby Boomers Leg Manual-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
http://seniors.aching-legs-relief.com1
Baby Boomers Legs are very important to them
The more we go towards the senior years, the more important it becomes to look after our legsbecause they are our independence and once they go on us we become totally reliant on otherpeople who may not be as reliable as we thoughtIf you have a large family unit, there may be members who will share the burden of lookingafter your needs, or you may be wealthy enough to pay for a carer then you are lucky-but me Iam like many baby boomers-I do not have a large family to look after me or wealthAs we age, the joints in the legs and hips wear out and other age related problems set inmaking mobility harder to initiate and carry out-but one thing is sure, if you do not attempt tokeep the legs moving, within the range of movement available that is limited by physical,flexibility and pain issues then the legs will seize upIn Australia we are lucky, those who can afford them have electric scooters to help withmobility, but those baby boomers in more undeveloped parts of the world do not haveanywhere near the caring facilities that we doIt has to be said though that as lucky as we are, the more people that join my group, the morestrain there is going to be on these facilities and they will eventually collapse anyway
This makes it more important to start looking after those legs and keeping them moving
If You Don’t Use It You Lose It
Apart from mobility there are other things you lose-as the muscles age, they can lose tone andflexibility, along with the loss of these may go balance, and if this is affected as we age, fallsand the possibility of serious injury increaseAgain we are lucky in Australia, we have many workshops being run that teach people how tokeep as much of this as possible-but again this is no good unless you are in Australia-manycountries do not have these and it is tough on themOnce movement reduces, other areas of the legs are affected-this brings me to the part that Ihave a particular interest in-that of circulation and how it can be kept moving-because once thisstops other problems ariseSwollen ankles, cold feet, poor coordination, feedback from the feet to the brain about theunderfoot environment, shoes not being able to be worn, the way we move is affected causingeven more problems higher in the body-the list goes onI have an interest in this area because I work with Ultra Long Distance Athletes-my people dothings like run around the world and across continents just for the challenge of it, but I alsowork with people who just walk around the block-which is their equivalent and all they arecapable of doingWorking with both ultras and having worked with people in nursing homes, hospitals withaccident, stroke, ms, and other problems (see my list on my website), I found that many of thethings that affect the physically afflicted are
simulated
in the runners and walkers
 
The Baby Boomers Leg Manual-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
http://seniors.aching-legs-relief.com2
Has this link of simulation and affects been further explored by other people?
Unfortunately no-just meThis is because only I am stupid enough to turn up to and stay at events lasting from 12 hoursto around the worldwww.worldrun.organd still go out and do volunteer work and research-doI need to get a life or what?One of my research facilities-I slept on my massage table behind the yellow bannerThese are 2 people have just been running for 3 days around a running track in all weathers
How My Stupidity Can Benefit My Fellow Baby Boomers
My speciality is getting legs and feet like those above moving again in the shortest possibletime (so they can get out and do it all again-mad I know) but the system that I developed anduse to do this may help the baby boomer keep their own legs going as long as possible andbeyondUnfortunately because of the heavy financial costs I bear doing all this research and study it isimpossible for me to give the system away as I also intend to set up some training centers inthe less fortunate countries than my ownAching legs should always be checked out by a medical professional before doing anything toand with them because there are many medical reasons why they may be aching-
see aphysician first
 
The Baby Boomers Leg Manual-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
http://seniors.aching-legs-relief.com3
Simply by moving the legs within their physical and pain limits to workwiththemusclesnot onthem can improve circulation
By taking this approach, to keeping the legs going, the task of maintaining leg health becomeseasier and less of a problem because the circulation is enhanced through movement andminimum of interference from outside intrusive influencesAtmospheric pressure is all around us and affects all we do and all we are-everyone is walkingaround with a column of air on our heads that weighs similarly to a small carThis also affects our circulation because it pushes all the fluids in the body down towards thelowest part of the body, the feet, and if it wasn’t for the ends of the toes it would all flow out of the body all over the groundWhen you are on your feet all day, the blood just pools around the ankles and the water orlymph fluid separates from the blood and migrates into the tissues in and around the ankles-asit is not being pumped away fast enough from the lower legs, the ankles swellThe body has an answer to the effects of gravity and atmospheric pressure-it is called the
Calf Muscle Pump
The calf muscles are the prime movers for a pumping system that forces used blood and otherfluids from the lower legs back up to the body for re-nourishment with oxygen and othernutrients needed to keep the tissues at optimum health-it is then sent back out under pressurefrom the heart through the arteries
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