Active Body

There’s no doubt that health can pose challenges to lifestyle. Yet we all know of people with the ability to overcome or work around challenges.

Injuries to the shoulder rotator cuff tendons are becoming more and more common these days. It seems as though half my patients have rotator cuff problems!

Chair-based exercise is taking the world by storm – and for a very good reason.

We get emotional energy from many sources. The best source is positive emotions: things that feel good. Here are some ideas for how you can fill the right tanks

From ‘reps’ to ‘recovery,’ and ‘HITs’ to ‘heart rates’ it’s enough to overwhelm anyone. Get started with some basic definitions, especially as they apply to seniors!

As I approached retirement, I hatched a retirement plan to climb of all the 133 peaks named or numbered on a hand-drawn sketch.

It’s one of the most difficult decisions we are faced with as we grow older – whether or not we should retain our drivers licence.

Reflecting on the joys and challenges of running a marathon in your senior years, and embracing the label of 'legend'

Thanks to research, we now know there’s a sinister side to the simple, natural art of sitting. But how do you combat it?

As seems to be the case with many things, exercising as we age means adjusting our approach and in some cases, expectations.