Stenger, who uses a wheelchair, has a disorder that causes a complete lack of sensation anywhere on her body. After doing leg ...

Background: Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) has been the leading cause of disability globally for at least three decades. Totally, 10% to 20% of people who experience acute lower back pain episodes often ...

Getting older doesn’t mean getting weaker. In fact, senior weight lifting —that is, doing resistance training with machines and/or free weights in your 60s and beyond—offers physical and mental ...

Aim The study was designed to establish the relationship between hamstrings–quadriceps (H–Q) strength ratio and the performance of tasks in Berg’s Balance Scale among stroke survivors.Method ...

How Exercise Helps With Parkinson’s Symptom Management In general, the Parkinson’s Foundation says, exercise helps improve gait, balance, flexibility, and grip strength while reducing tremors.

Objective To evaluate whether interventions aimed at increasing adherence to therapeutic exercise increase adherence greater than a contextually equivalent control among older adults with chronic low ...

A trainer shares 7 simple exercises that boost balance, strength, and confidence to help prevent falls after 60.

The best workout routines for older adults combine low-impact strength training, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and balance exercises. Here are the top types of workouts that help seniors stay ...

Enhance balance, flexibility, and wellbeing safely with an accessible, low-impact exercise perfect for seniors that uses just a sturdy chair.

Wavebreakmedia / Getty Images Forward step-ups can improve your balance during daily tasks such as climbing stairs. You can practice this exercise at the bottom of a flight of stairs, using the ...

Helps with: Balance; walking on uneven surfaces How to do it STEP 1: Stand up straight, feet about shoulder-width apart. STEP 2: Bring one foot forward, placing it directly in front of the other ...