Most people consider that they have good posture, especially those who are active and care for and ride horses. But as we get older, and with the stresses of life, our posture can become compromised — ...

Begin standing tall with your feet hip-distance apart, shoulders back and down, and abs activated. Tilt your head up toward ...

More significant is the protection a strong neck provides. The average adult human head weighs 5kg and houses a key organ (spoiler: your brain), so focused neck exercises will offer both more support ...

It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along with simply making people feel better overall. However, the molecular ...

Exercise can slow tumour growth in mice by shifting the body’s metabolism so that muscle cells, rather than cancer cells, take the glucose and grow. A similar process may occur in people. To examine ...

Trying to squeeze in some extra exercise before Christmas? Working too hard can cause joint and muscle pain if you’re not exercising properly, and it can cause serious pain. But although that pain ...

On the backside of each of your upper arms is an unsung hero. With the right amount of consistent, balanced strength training, you can give it the attention it deserves—and in doing so, stretch the ...

Trainers often joke about the difference between “show” muscles and “go” muscles—in other words, muscles that look pretty versus muscles that can actually pull their weight when it counts. Whenever ...

Ask someone in the weight room to point to their trapezius muscle, or “traps” in gym-speak, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds of muscle nestled in between their neck and shoulders.

Katrina Carter, DPT, FNS, is a licensed travel physical therapist. She specializes in orthopedics and has a passion for providing education on nutrition for healing and overall health and wellness.

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