Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Whether you’re a master-level athlete who has no plans of ever slowing down or a 65-year-old who’s hitting the gym for the first time in 30 years, the old adage remains true: Age is just a number.

(BPT) - Think you’re too old and frail to work out? Think again! The health benefits of daily exercise are widely known, but seniors facing health and mobility issues may feel working out is beyond ...

There are so many exercises you can use a stability ball for, especially when it comes to targeting your core. Why? Because this fitness tool, otherwise known as an exercise or Swiss ball, challenges ...

A major component of being healthy is to maintain an active physical lifestyle. Combined with eating well and getting enough sleep, physical activity ranks highly among the things you can do to ...

Running will help you stay active as you age, but when you’re out clocking miles, your body is consistently working in the sagittal plane (as in, moving forward). This limits your range of motion in ...

Nothing will humble you like an exercise ball. Working with an exercise ball can also help you improve your sense of your body in space, a.k.a. proprioception, Jeffers explains. “Stability ball ...