{"id":14282,"date":"2016-06-12T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=14282"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:18:28","slug":"staying-ahead-of-ms-and-enjoying-the-beauty-of-alaskas-coast-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/12\/staying-ahead-of-ms-and-enjoying-the-beauty-of-alaskas-coast-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying ahead of MS and enjoying the beauty of Alaska&#8217;s coast line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By Pat Irwin<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Homer, Alaska<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/freespiritwear.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Spirit Wear<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The W position is working great for me. I can now enjoy all that Homer, Alaska has to offer by way of the water and I can get a good workout as well without my legs going numb. I have MS [Multiple Sclerosis] and exercise is crucial for me to stay ahead of this disease, and cycling is getting to the point that it&#8217;s hard for me to even get my heart rate up much less get a workout. The Wavewalk now allows me to work my strong upper body, get a good workout, and enjoy the beauty of Alaska&#8217;s coast line.<br \/>\nI may even catch a few fish!<br \/>\nThank you for making this possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14285 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska.jpg\" alt=\"paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/paddling-the-Wavewalk-500-in-Alaska-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Kathy Sarns Irwin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?s=pat+irwin\">More from Pat in Homer, Alaska \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Pat Irwin Homer, Alaska Free Spirit Wear The W position is working great for me. I can now enjoy all that Homer, Alaska has to offer by way of the water and I can get a good workout as well without my legs going numb. I have MS [Multiple Sclerosis] and exercise is crucial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/12\/staying-ahead-of-ms-and-enjoying-the-beauty-of-alaskas-coast-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Staying ahead of MS and enjoying the beauty of Alaska&#8217;s coast line&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":14290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24718,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14282\/revisions\/24718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}