Fit, Fabulous & Over Fifty

  5 Out-of-the -Box Ideas for Pain Relief   Pain, in addition to causing physical distress, can cause significant emotional distress, making you mighty cranky, depressed, stressed and anxious. It can turn an ordinary day into a minute-by-minute challenge and

Daily Exercises You Can Do in 10 Minutes for Better Balance    Just like strength, balance declines with age. And with a loss of balance comes an increased risk of injury and loss of mobility. But strength and balance training

Compared to placebo interventions, aromatherapy reduces the pain associated with primary dysmenorrhea, according to a recent systematic review. The review, “Aromatherapy for Managing Pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials,” focused on 19 studies with close

3 Ankle-Mobility Exercises   Shin splints, heel pain, bad back, tight hips , knee weakness — these common complaints may share a similar but underappreciated source: immobile ankles. When the ankle joint can flex and extend optimally, you can tap

Racing Thoughts? These 4 Breath Techniques Can Beat Monkey Mind   Take a moment to imagine one of those vintage windup monkeys: You know, the ones with the yellow-and-red-striped outfits, bulging eyes, and creepy smiles on their faces. Turn the

  WTF is trigger point therapy and how an it help your bod feel better?   Even if you haven’t heard of “trigger points,” you probably still know what this is. Basically a fancy way of saying a muscle knot

  3 Mindful Tips to Support Your Mental Health   Healthy Living “It’s easy to let the stresses of daily life overwhelm us and send us into unhelpful thought patterns,” says Julie. “Before I learned mindfulness, I suffered greatly from

7 Stress-Relieving Intentions We All Need To Set This Fall   We're all getting back into the grind, if we weren't churning away already. But the fall—aka the start of school, a new quarter, Fashion Week, pumpkin spice latte season—doesn't

50 Easy Things You Can Do Every Day to Feel Amazing   Being happy is much easier said than done. In fact, according to the 2017 Harris Poll , a longtime survey on Americans’ happiness, just 33 percent of us