Exercise & Fitness

Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold
Exercise & Fitness

Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold

Maura Daly Iversen, DPT, SD, MPH | March 1, 2024

Heating pads. Cold packs. Icy plunges. There’s no shortage of modalities for hot and cold therapies. But when are the…

Tips for Natural Weight Loss
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Tips for Natural Weight Loss

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 20, 2024

Maintaining a healthy weight is a challenge for all ages. Natural weight loss tips can make losing and keeping weight off easier.

Exercise to Beat Inflammation
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Exercise to Beat Inflammation

Diana Veneri, PT, EdD, RYT | December 9, 2023

Exercise is free medicine: It can cost virtually nothing, yet can improve health and prevent or even help heal many…

Simple Exercises for Strength and Energy… In Just 6 Minutes

Simple Exercises for Strength and Energy… In Just 6 Minutes

Jonathan Su, DPT | October 10, 2023

You can squeeze a surprising amount of productivity into just six minutes. You can make and enjoy the first few…

Yes…Yoga Can Make Your Bones Strong

Yes…Yoga Can Make Your Bones Strong

Gabriella Espinosa | July 10, 2023

Yoga is becoming more popular every year. In 2021, 35 million Americans tried the 5,000-year-old practice at least once in…

Success Secrets from a 78-year-old Ironman World Champion
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Success Secrets from a 78-year-old Ironman World Champion

Cherie Gruenfeld | June 20, 2023

Ironman events are among the toughest single-day endurance events in the world, consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike…

Exercise Eases Arthritis Pain
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Exercise Eases Arthritis Pain

Stephen P. Messier, PhD | June 19, 2023

For people with arthritis, life is governed by pain. You may not even realize how much you’ve given up if…

Age Better Through Exercise
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Age Better Through Exercise

Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD | June 18, 2023

The more you engage in aerobic exercise, strength training and balance work, the lower your risk for age-related functional limitations…

Exercises to Improve Your Balance
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Exercises to Improve Your Balance

Grace T. DeSimone, ACSM-CPT, ACSM-GEI | June 17, 2023

Balance training isn’t just for preventing falls later in life—good balance is essential for everyone, and it helps reduce the…

Bursts of Activity Help You Live Longer
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Bursts of Activity Help You Live Longer

Emmanuel Stamatakis, PhD | June 16, 2023

People who don’t exercise can reap tremendous benefits by briefly increasing their exertion level during everyday activities. A recent study…

7 Things You Are Doing Wrong When Exercising
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7 Things You Are Doing Wrong When Exercising

Joel Harper | June 15, 2023

"Just do it” is a prudent exercise philosophy…but only if you’re doing it right. Execute an exercise improperly, and not…

The 4 Fitness Tests That Matter
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The 4 Fitness Tests That Matter

Greg Hartley, DPT, PT | June 14, 2023

How are you really holding up? There’s a strong correlation between how well aging people do on the following four…

Water Workout
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Water Workout

Melissa Layne, MEd | May 25, 2023

Love being in a pool? Then what better way to get your exercise than by working out in a pool!…

Get On Your Feet!
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Get On Your Feet!

Kelli McCourt | May 2, 2023

Full disclosure—I work from home most days now. If I am doing it right, you likely didn’t even know that!…

6 Exercises to Improve Your Posture
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6 Exercises to Improve Your Posture

Jonathan Su, DPT | April 4, 2023

You heard it from your mother all the time—stand up straight. Mom was right! Proper posture doesn’t just make us…