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What Is Targeted Mobility?
This new form of stretching can help close the gap between your passive and active range of motion.
PUMPING IRONY: Reunion
Like many empty nesters, I often wonder what role I should be playing in my adult children’s lives. An unexpected visit from our daughter after months of silence provided some clarity.
What Is Dynamic Stretching?
If you’re looking to take your joints and muscles through their full range of motion, try dynamic stretching.
PUMPING IRONY: Destined for Diabetes?
A prediabetes diagnosis can trigger all sorts of nightmarish scenarios, but mounting evidence suggests that seniors are a lot less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than we’ve been led to believe.
What Is Static Stretching?
The health benefits of static stretching depend on when you do it.
PUMPING IRONY: An ER for the Elderly
A promising wave of geriatric emergency departments, designed to cut hospital costs and better accommodate seniors, has been slowed by a lack of support from insurers — including Medicare.
3 Ways to Communicate More Assertively
Learn to say no — plus two more ways to communicate more directly.
WELCOME TO WELLNESS: Latham Thomas
How this wellness advocate, birth coach, and yogi is bringing wellness to marginalized communities.
6 Tips for Cooking With More Mushrooms
Make the most of your mushrooms with these six tips.
5 Tips to Interpret Food Studies
How can we cut through all the confusion and figure out what information is reliable? Experts offer these five guidelines.
The Connection Between Alcohol and Insomnia
Here’s how that nightcap contributes to sleepless nights.
PUMPING IRONY: O Lucky Man!
I’ve never won a contest of any sort in my life, so when I got word that I’d been chosen to receive a COVID vaccine, I figured there must be some mistake.
WELCOME TO WELLNESS: Lauren Ash
How this wellness advocate and founder of Black Girl in OM is bringing wellness to marginalized communities.
Should I Breathe Through My Nose or My Mouth?
Chronic mouth breathing can create problems — here’s why.
8 Tips for Using Frozen Fruits and Veggies
Get more plants in your diet with veggies from the freezer — minus the sogginess and mushiness.
WELCOME TO WELLNESS: Resmaa Menakem, MSW, SEP, LICSW
How this therapist, trauma specialist, and author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Path to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies is bringing wellness — and healing — to marginalized communities.
The Connection Between Caffeine and Insomnia
If you struggle with insomnia, you might want to cool it on the coffee. Here’s why.
6 Breathing Techniques
Ancient wisdom and recent research show that how we breathe can enhance our athletic performance and overall well-being. Try these six breathing exercises.
The Connection Between Hormones and Insomnia
How estrogen, progesterone, and thyroid levels can affect your sleep.
PUMPING IRONY: A Deafening Silence
Four years have passed since Congress ordered the FDA to draft guidelines allowing the sale of affordable over-the-counter hearing aids. For the millions of hearing-impaired seniors, the agency’s response speaks volumes.
PUMPING IRONY: Pedaling Through the Next Pandemic
I’m not the only geezer trying to get back in shape after COVID-19 derailed my preferred fitness routine. A renowned British physician warns of a looming “deconditioning pandemic” among the elderly.