With music playing softly in the background and corner lamps and windows providing light to a room in Kirtland Senior Center, instructor Anne Owens led seniors in yoga exercises. Class participants ...

Discover the simple stretches that can help seniors reduce stiffness, improve balance, and feel more steady on their feet.

While “Senior Games” and “powerlifting” are two words that don’t often come to mind in the same sentence, it’s a sport event that has growing participation on both a local and state level, at the ...

Perturbation-based balance training might be one of the most versatile fitness techniques you’ve never heard of today. Touted as a way to prevent falls among older adults and those with neurological ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The first day of fall also happens to be Falls Prevention Day across the United States. Senior Centers are getting the word out on how to prevent dangerous falls, and the Elvira ...

Most people don’t think about their balance until they take a spill. But that’s common: 1 in 4 adults 65 and older falls each year, and 20 percent of those spills result in serious injury, such as a ...

Lifting weights isn’t just for the bodybuilders, strength training is for everyone. In fact, it’s particularly important for maintaining health, strength and independence in your golden years. When ...

Balance: It’s not just for tightrope walkers. As we age, different factors affect how well we're able to balance. The visual system (responsible for processing information from our eyes), ...