E246: The Secret to Pain-Free Living: How Feet and Gait Affect Chronic Pain with Gary Ward

The Art of Living Well Podcast®

Gary Ward is a highly sought after individual in the world of movement, injury prevention and performance development. Creator of the Flow Motion Model, author of What the Foot and having worked with professional athletes in the Premier League, there isn't much Gary doesn't know when it comes to human movement.

He educates professionals in the Anatomy in Motion ('AIM') Method both live and online and provide self help guidance for people in pain and discomfort to take ownership of their own body. This episode is packed full of so much insight, knowledge and will challenge your exisiting way of how thinking about how you move your body and how you think about healing from injury and chronic pain.

In this episode we cover:

• How Gary's AIM method will help you bring your own body into alignment and create an environment to heal.
• How your prior injuries can cause your current pain and discomfort.
• Gary's Flow Motion Model, which sees the body as an interconnected system where everything works in harmony.
• How an abnormal GAIT cycle can be the root cause for your pain including chronic hip, back, hamstrings and more.
• The root cause(s) of bunions and why surgery and toe separators won’t address or fix the underlying issue.

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More info on Gary’s AIM course here

Get Gary’s book What the Foot

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