It has long been known that over evolutionary time the human organism developed in tandem with a vast host of microbial fellow...

You're driving to work and stop for a red light. You're minding your own business and - bam! - your car rocks forward and backward,...

"There I am," a very fit patient is saying, "out on my five-mile run, motoring my way up a steep incline. Suddenly, I feel a throbbing...

Most of us have experienced a painful bout of low back pain brought on by a seemingly innocuous movement such as bending over to pick up...

Many adults begin to develop shoulder pain, even though they may not have sustained a specific injury. It's important to pay attention to...

Core strength is critical for everyday activities such as placing heavy grocery bags into the trunk of your automobile, carrying a gallon...

Repetitive stress injuries are typically very difficult to treat successfully. These injuries are the result of actions done ...

1. Why stretch? Stretching lengthens muscles and improves flexibility. Also, stretching the big leg muscles - the hamstrings, calves,...

Strong bones are important for all of us, not only for the aging baby boomers about whom we're hearing so much lately. And, "strong...

As with much in life that we take for granted, we are not usually concerned with the mechanisms of how our bodies work and how they do ...

The great TV classic ER helps teach armchair physicians to become amateur diagnosticians. He's in shock! She's got kidney stones!...

As we get older, rotator cuff injuries become more common, a result of the natural aging process. A similar mechanism operates in the...

Let’s say you’ve been taking some time off from the gym. Maybe you reached the end of your 12-week training cycle and you’re taking a...

As springtime approaches, weather warms up and leaves turn green, many people will spend more time outside planting bulbs, mowing the...

It seems that at least once a month, some sort of senior fitness competition is featured on the sports page of local and national ...

Simon and Garfunkel [and later, The Bangles] had it right. Winter light is hazy - it's more diffuse. The sun is lower in the sky and the...

Everyone knows what he or she "should" do to obtain good health. But the mere knowledge of what we should be doing is never enough. If...

All of us who’ve experienced a back injury of one sort or another have been told at some point to “avoid heavy lifting.” That type of ...

Even experienced exercisers sometimes find it difficult to know how much to do. For the beginner this uncertainty represents a...

We all know someone who has suffered a serious driving-related injury that had nothing to do with being involved in a motor vehicle...