Yes, you can exercise while lying down on the couch!! :) Check out the Hammer Drop to strengthen your triceps and latissimus dorsi!

To maintain normal walking ability, you need to maintain the ability to stand and balance on one leg. Here is a great exercise to help you with that!

Your thoracic spine (T 1 to T 12), doesn’t always get as much attention as the lumbar (low back L 1 to L 5) and cervical (neck C 1 to c 7) spines. In this EOTW, we are going to love on our thoracic spines with a wonderful mobility exercise!

The Pec Stretch with Trunk Rotation is an important stretch for the chest wall and underarm!

Like your muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons can get stiff. “Mobility exercises” are intended to improve the quality and quantity of your joint mobility. A wonderful mobility exercise for your lower spine is the “Cat/Camel!”

If you do the same aerobic exercise over a long period of time your body will become more efficient and you’ll get less benefit from the exercise. By using intervals of increased speed or work during your walk you can get more benefit in the same amount of time!

Cross Over Stretch for the Piriformis

Lateral Step Ups are a great exercise to strengthen your leg and knee joint!

Cascading Stairs is a great short duration, moderate to high intensity aerobic exercise!

Here’s a fabulous way to strengthen your abdomen and core…. Cross Knee Touches

This exercise stretches both the from and back of the hips… while you’re lying down! :)

A balance exercise with a twist!

Join me in the Pettit National Ice Center to learn 3 great ways to strengthen your gluteus medius!

If you have had surgery or radiation at or around your chest area, check out this video and the stretches!

In this video you’ll hear about how activity and exercise differ, how exercise impacts cancer survivors, what makes up an exercise prescription and evidence based tools to make exercise compliance easier!

Grab a chair and join in this session of chair yoga, a safe, simple and effective way effective to improve your health! Lead by Certified Chair Yoga Instructor, Kirsten Norslein of Gilda’s Club.

Yes, there are things you can do NOW to prevent or minimize the natural degeneration in your posture as you age! In this Muscle of the Month episode, we learn about the suboccipital muscles at the base of the neck!

Learn some easy and effective ways to stretch and strengthen your hip flexors in the comfort of your own home!

Welcome to Muscle of the Month teaching you the ins and outs of some of your most important muscles!

Understanding your musculoskeletal system is critical because you only get one! Better knowledge about your muscles and how they function helps you best care for them.

In this episode of MoM we are looking at your hip flexor muscles.