If you've noticed that you aren't as flexible as you once were, don't give up hope! While it's true that age typically does affect your flexibility, it isn't as simple as something that once it starts to go, it's gone forever (not like hair or...
“Ow! I think I pulled my hammy!” Maybe you've heard or even yelled this phrase yourself, out on a long run or bike ride, or even after bending over working in the yard. So what is the dreaded “pulled hammy” all about, what can you...
When you're struggling with pain and/or injury, it can be tricky to know whether to reach for your ice pack or if you should fire up your heating pad. Each method is a tool in your home-treatment tool box; and knowing when to use which...
With the warmer weather and longer days ahead, many of us head outdoors and take advantage of early spring days to tackle projects around the house. Yet, if you only think of it as “cleaning up the garage” or “doing some landscaping” instead of “lifting...
It can be hard to sort out fact from fiction and what health guidelines to follow, especially when those seem to change (or even reverse) over time. Take good ol' stretching – it used to be a given that stretching before a work out was...
I get it. You’re tired, you just ate a mountain of cookies, you spent a week away, now you’re looking uphill at the New Year and, like me, you are looking for inspiration and low-cost solutions. Try these: Set lofty, measurable, and attainable health and...
