Back pain can make the prospect of cycling or riding a road or mountain bike daunting. The best bikes for bad backs are cruiser bikes, hybrid cruiser bikes and tricycles. For the most versatility in terms of terrain, it is hard to surpass the features of a men’s or womens hybrid bike. Find out what ...

For many people, their 'New Year’s resolutions' are to get themselves fit and healthy by exercising regularly. But this resolution can appear as an extreme spurt of activity, and it's often the hard way to go about things. The tendency towards injuries, knee pain, shoulder strain, muscle sprains, ...

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a hormone-related response that’s experienced by an estimated 80% of women every month at around the usual time of their periods. Symptoms typically begin after ovulation (around a week before menstruation) and can last until the first day of the period. No one knows ...

Menopause is no joke, and once you start experiencing it yourself, the symptoms are no laughing matter and can sap you of motivation and confidence right at the start of your day. Plus, these symptoms can attack you at any moment, whether at night, where insomnia prevents you from sleeping, or with ...

Keeping a decent amount of variety in your exercise routine is not only helpful when it comes to boredom and staying motivated, but it also helps to create a more balanced and well-rounded physique while making sure you are targeting all your major muscle groups. Starting and getting better in ...

Alexis Brink is the CEO of the Jin Shin Institute in New York City, USA where she maintains a private practice. Her journey into healing started as a 25 year-old dancer from Holland looking to heal a challenging knee injury sustained from endless hours of dance practice and performance while she ...

As summer comes to an end, it’s easy to let dejection creep in. The sun is setting earlier, the temperature is dropping, and you know that fall is right around the corner—not to mention winter. That’s all the more reason to squeeze in every moment of sunlight, fun, and joy you can before it becomes ...

A foam roller is a compressed foam cylinder mostly used to increase flexibility and reduce muscle tightness and work through inflammation. Foam rolling is a self-applied exercise that reproduces a deep tissue massage. Using a foam roller before a workout increases flexibility, allowing you to get ...

As the significance of mental well-being begins to be recognised as equal to our physical well-being, you may ask yourself “how do I keep my mind healthy?” It’s been drummed into our brains since we can remember that exercise and healthy eating play important roles in our keeping fit. But as we are ...

Health experts generally agree that exercise is medicine. In fact, exercising (running, to be precise) for about 30 minutes at least five times per week is far more beneficial to your health than taking any prescription pills. In 2017 alone close to 60 million people in the United States ...