To help you get started, our resident personal trainer, Sam Hopes, who trains clients of all ages, shared her five go-to ...

Discover five gentle exercises you can do at home to improve your balance and build stability, reducing the risk of falls.

Stand tall on a hard floor with a sturdy chair, table or stool within reach. Begin standing on one foot and hold for up to a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A simple series of ankle and foot flexing exercises can improve strength and balance in older people, research from Portugal shows. Among elderly individuals living in an ...

Falls are Increasingly Fatal for Older Americans. A 2019 study found that deaths from falls have increased significantly ...

For many able-bodied folks, balance can be taken for granted once you grow past the wobbly legs and skinned knees of childhood. But once you hit a certain age, finding balance (literally) isn’t always ...

Ever wondered why you can’t squat as deep as your gym buddy? The answer might be right at your feet. While most fitness enthusiasts focus on building impressive quads or sculpting perfect abs, ...

“The focus should be on your hips, shoulders and thoracic spine – the last of which is very commonly neglected,” says the ...