Physical therapy can play an important role in healthy aging by helping older adults maintain the physical strength necessary for independence. In traditional terms, physical therapy is a resource ...

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 ...

Jim Bowman spends hours in his workshop turning imperfect pieces of wood into art. He learned the art of woodturning as a child and picked the hobby back up in retirement. “I let the wood speak to me, ...

A new randomized clinical trial found that combining testosterone therapy with exercise training did not significantly improve long-distance mobility in older women recovering from hip fracture. The ...

Mari Villar was slammed by a car that jumped the curb, breaking her legs and collapsing a lung. Amy Paulo was in pain from a femur surgery that wasn’t healing properly. Katie Kriegshauser suffered ...

As little as 25 minutes a day of slow walking seems to be enough to counter the detrimental physical effects of bedrest on older hospital patients, finds a pooled data analysis of the available ...

Walking is one of the simplest, most accessible ways to stay active—but what if you flipped the script and put it in reverse?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults of all ages should engage in 150 or more minutes of moderate physical activity per week. Among adults 60 years of age or more, ...

Staying moving is an important part of healthy aging and independence. For many older adults, physical therapy can be a useful resource in this effort. Traditionally, people have viewed physical ...