Summer is here: the time of year many people realize their winter plans to get in shape and stay there haven’t materialized. All the good intentions of New Year’s and probably a diet (or two) have gone out the window; does that mean you’re…
Summer is often a great season – filled with outdoor fun, activities, leisure, family-time, and…injury? Yes! Believe it or not, summer is unfortunately too-often filled with injury thanks to people over-doing it and sometimes just plain bad luck. We share some tips on how…
When coming off a holiday weekend filled with big family dinners and sugary treats, it’s easy to let your weekend indulgence spill into your week. How do you balance out enjoying life with staying healthy? It isn’t as easy or as complicated as it…
Since April is Stress Awareness Month, we’re looking at some easy ways to improve health and reduce stress. What if you could lower your stress by simply going outside? Recently, a study made news by coming to the conclusion that spending between 20-30 minutes…
In case you didn’t know, April is National Stress Awareness Month – which is interesting since so many of us are usually a little aware that we’re stressed out a lot of the time. Since research has established the link between stress and health,…
According to some stats up to 80% of you with “new year, new me” diet and fitness resolutions will already be feeling the pain of regret and failure by February (so, now – basically). Diet and fitness plans fail for many reasons, but how…
When we say it’s never too late to get active, we mean it! A recent piece on the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)’s website reveals a new study which indicates that physical activity can have important positive health benefits for older adults. In fact,…
Getting older can be tough; however, many of the hallmarks of aging which some consider inevitable definitely don’t have to be. Take losing strength, mobility, even quality of life and independence – at the root of this all-too-common experience for millions lies a factor…
Don’t Fall Into Madness It’s October, and the dropping temperatures at night and decreasing daylight leave no doubts that we are descending into fall. Why should that matter to you? We are entering the season of limited time and motivation to exercise, culminating on…
It’s that time of year again: kids are back in school, one day you’re in shorts and the next you’re digging jeans out from storage…before you know it, you’re feeling run down and suddenly the epicenter of whatever virus is going around. Yet you…
