Fit, Fabulous & Over Fifty

The 30 Most Common Injuries for Adults Over 50 The body is strong, but even it can’t completely withstand the test.   As you age, things help you function—from the muscles to bones that give you structure—start to slowly deteriorate, and

How To Keep Exercising Despite Chronic Pain Pain is a great excuse if you don’t like to exercise, and it’s certainly something many people with chronic pain would just as soon avoid. Yet at the same time exercise is one

Unique Challenges of Women With Back Pain…The Silent Majority? When considering back pain in men vs. women, there are both similarities as well as differences. While we often have the same conditions with similar signs and symptoms, there are factors

Are You Getting Enough Calcium? This essential mineral is key to bone health and much more. Learn how to keep your calcium stores strong. If you count on dairy for bone-supporting calcium, chalk it up to compelling advertising. Remember the

Insomnia: What to Do When You Can’t Sleep There are few things worse than spending your nights tossing and turning. Whether it’s anxiety about work, stress about financial woes or just plain insomnia, when you can’t sleep, the repercussions are

Coping with Knee Pain First, let it be known to all that I am not a doctor or even close to a qualified medical expert. What I am offering here are some tips for coping with knee pain from someone

How Much Exercise Prevents Depression? Add depression prevention to the growing list of ways that exercise can be an effective form of depression treatment. A newly-released study finds a direct link between staying active and recovering from mild to severe

5 Tips to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Sleep is vital to our health and well-being, yet more than a third of Americans aren’t getting enough. Hundreds of biological processes occur while we snooze — and missing out on them

Get this: Back in the days when humans relied on instincts and bodily responses to stay out of harm’s way, stress was useful. However, the body can’t distinguish between real threats (being chased by a hungry wild beast) and false

Top 5 Foods That Cause Brain Fog You’ve been there too, I know! It's brain Fog!   Those days you just can’t seem to focus on one task, you cannot find your keys – again! After several cups of coffee, you