Isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercises can all help you progress toward better physical fitness, but through very different techniques.

Our bodies move in various directions to perform tasks such as picking up a child, carrying luggage, or getting up and down ...

Range of motion (ROM) refers to how far you can move or stretch a part of your body, such as a joint or a muscle. It’s different for each of us. For example, some people can do complete splits, but ...

Anaerobic exercise is similar to aerobic exercise but uses a different form of energy — quickly and immediately. Anaerobic exercises include high-intensity interval training (HIIT), weight lifting, ...

America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

For people who don’t already exercise, short bursts of deliberate activity significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness.

Eye exercises can help alleviate vertigo. Examples include gaze stablization, or keeping the gaze fixed while moving the head, and pursuit, where the eyes move but the head stays still. Vertigo is not ...

If you have SPMS, there are safe, simple, multiple sclerosis-friendly physical activities, as well as exercise routines for MS, you can try.

Physical activity can relieve stress and may also improve anxiety and depression symptoms. Experts think it does this by both promoting resilience and giving a person a break from their stress, ...

As we age, maintaining an active lifestyle becomes crucial for long-term health and wellness, but some forms of exercise begin to lose their appeal. Biking outdoors, for example, can be a fun and ...

Objective To estimate the efficacy of exercise on depressive symptoms compared with non-active control groups and to determine the moderating effects of exercise on depression and the presence of ...