Health and Fitness

If you consider stiff hips, achy knees, and low back pain just a part of aging, you may want to read this standing up. The reason: you may be sitting on the actual cause of the pain. That’s right – glutes in adults over 60 play a much more important role than acting as a seat cushion. Weak gluteal muscles can lead to serious complications including balance issues…

Let me introduce you to a movement method that is not only gentle on your joints and muscles, but also supports better breathing, circulation and metabolism while calming your mind and soothing your spirit. Sound too good to be true? This 1000-year-old “moving meditation” is practiced by millions…

We understand walking’s positive effects. Walking increases blood flow, strengthens bones, improves blood pressure, and provides cardio for the heart if we set a good pace. Walking clears out the cobwebs in our brains, creates clearer thinking, and relieves depression…

Do you like to swim? Do you really like it, or do you just do it because you know it is good for you? I am in the latter category. I find it a kind of work. I know there are many avid swimmers. They’re in the pool or the sea every morning – and sometimes again in the afternoon…

One Christmas, I called my dear Aunt Florence to see if we could stop by with some treats. “Are you home?” I asked. “Hold on,” she said. A minute later she came back laughing – that warm, familiar Aunt Florence laugh – and said, “Yes! I looked in the parking lot…

On 23rd May I celebrated 11 years without alcohol. I stopped drinking at 63, and now at 74, I can honestly say I feel happier and healthier than I did when I was drinking. That still surprises me sometimes. For many years, alcohol felt woven into the fabric of my life…

When it comes to heart health, we often think that we know the basics. But here are 5 myths that will prove this wrong. You might be surprised to find that most people don’t know they are having a heart attack at the time. We all know the Hollywood…

Most women over 60 know the standard advice for protecting their bones. Take calcium. Take vitamin D. Walk a little. Be careful. The advice is well-intentioned. It is also incomplete in ways that matter – and for many women, one piece of that incompleteness…

“I never used to feel this way” is a thought that arrives quietly. Your hand reaches for the railing before you’ve decided to reach for it. You pause at the top of the stairs for half a second longer than you used to. It’s not dramatic. No one notices. But you notice…

You’re doing the same things you’ve always done. Eating reasonably well. Getting your walks in. Trying to keep portions in check. And the scale is doing the opposite of what you’d expect. So you land on the most logical explanation available: “My metabolism must be broken.”