Dr. Shields is a physical therapist with a background in English Literature and a passion for healthcare and education. She hopes to combine her clinical expertise with her love of writing, establish ...

Health and Fitness I’ve Been Testing This At-Home Reformer Pilates Machine for Three Months – I’m, in a Word, Obsessed Health and Fitness These Are *Officially* the 16 Best Pilates Socks on the Market ...

Imagine trying to break the unhealthy cycle of a sedentary lifestyle by getting active, only to encounter the first obstacle: lower back pain. Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Stretching relieves stiffness and supports mobility, ...

Ease tension and strengthen your wrists with this 5-minute yoga routine 🤲 featuring the best yoga poses for wrist mobility and relief. Whether you type all day, practice yoga regularly, or deal with ...

I have chronic ankle mobility issues thanks to a surgery I had in college, which means that consistently stretching my calves and ankles is the only thing keeping me from walking like a Jewish ...

Shortly after earning her engineering degree from a competitive undergraduate program, Kayla was hired to be a software engineer at a large tech company. Two years into the role, however, she was ...

Alyssa Ages is a Toronto-based author, public speaker, and journalist whose work has appeared in Elle, GQ, Self, Slate, The Globe and Mail, and others. She is the author of Secrets of Giants: A ...

The extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) is a muscle in your forearm that works in conjunction with the other muscles and tendons in your arm to help move your wrist and hand. It is in the same ...

OBJECTIVE: How much force is needed to stretch skeletal muscle is still unknown. The aim of this study was to develop a device that mechanically stretches rat muscle to compare the force (N) required ...