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 ...

Muscle strength starts to drop slowly after the age of 40. This does not mean strength is lost forever. The body still responds well to the right kind of movement, even indoors. Simple exercises done ...

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Gluteus medius exercises can help with hip, lower back, or knee pain. Hip hitch and isometric standing hip abduction are good for building gluteus medius strength. Strengthening the gluteus medius can ...

The best exercises for bad knees are those that target the muscles supporting the knee without placing weight-bearing stress or causing undue flexion (bending) of the knee itself. These 12 exercises ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Icon Sportswire/Getty, Leila Coker/Getty “We don’t give it the time of day,” says pelvic floor physiotherapist Emma Brockwell. “If you look at any journal ...

Glute bridges, 90/90 hip switches, and froggers are good stretches for loosening up cranky hips. But one highly underrated stretch might be missing from your mobility routine: the controlled articular ...

This study was designed to evaluate the impact of mobile app-based pelvic floor combined with hip muscle training on female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The clinical data of female patients with ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...

Hip replacement surgery, or total hip arthroplasty (THA), can lessen pain and improve function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis, but some patients continue to experience long-term physical ...

Objective We aimed to determine hip and lower-leg muscle strength in people after ACL injury compared with an uninjured control group (between people) and the uninjured contralateral limb (between ...