Your Personal Best: Walking sticks
Whether you're hiking on a well-managed trail, wandering the wilderness or taking a walk in a park, walking stick or trekking poles are a great way you can ensure you…
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Your Personal Best: Exercises that can help prevent falls
According to the National Council on Aging, 23% of all are related to a lack of strength and physical activity. While no two falls are the same, strength training and…
Your Personal Best: Shoulder stretch
Many of us sit way too long in front of some type of screen, whether it's a computer, a smartphone or a TV. That can cause tension or stress on your…
Your Personal Best: Shoulder shrug and breathing
This combination of breathing and exercise activity can help calm your mind and body. The exercise is called the shoulder shrug, and this style of deep breathing is also known…
Your Personal Best: Exercise cognition
A recent study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health indicates that just 10 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous exercise improves cognition. The areas that were studied included…
Your Personal Best: Knee squeeze exercise
As we get older we tend to lose strength, and with that comes lose of balance, mobility, and efficiency in movement. Here's a simple exercise that can help slow…
Your Personal Best: Grip strength exercise
As we age, we tend to lose our grip strength. Dr. Milady Murphy has a simple exercise you can do to counteract that negative process. All you need is a…
Your Personal Best: Side leg lift
As we get older, it's so important to strengthen our leg muscles, especially the lower extremities. This simple exercise can help you do just that, and all you need to do…
Your Personal Best: Exercises for balance
As we get older we tend to lose strength. When that happens, mobility is lost as well. Here are two simple exercises that can counteract that negative process, and how…
Your Personal Best: Side Bend Stretch
This simple side bend stretch helps with back flexibility and offers relief for lower back pain. Here's how you do it: While seated, widen your feet to hip-width apart Bring…
