Full Body Stretching Routine in a Chair
Stretching is something you want to always include in your workout routine, especially as you age. Stretching helps to keep joints limber and reduce the risk of injury. It also helps relieve tension, reduce pain, and improve mobility. Try out these seated stretches in a chair to get started!
Weighted Balance Exercises for Fall Prevention
One of the best ways to prevent falls and increase balance is through exercise. The more you move, the stronger you will be! Try these at-home balance exercises for fall prevention to feel steadier, more mobile, and confident on your feet!
Best Healthy Oils to Cook With
There is no “perfect” cooking oil, but this guide will help you feel confident navigating the variety of choices that contain heart-healthy fats, have relatively low free radical production, and have smoke points high enough for a variety of cooking applications. By selecting the best cooking oils for a given situation, you can create flavorful dishes while promoting optimal health.
How Does Exercise Improve Mental Health?
As we age, it becomes increasingly important to maintain physical health. Staying physically active can reduce your risk of falls, increase strength, and improve mobility. However, exercise also has a profound impact on mental well-being, especially for seniors. Regular exercise can work wonders for the mind, helping to boost your mood, lower anxiety, and improve your overall mental outlook.
Shoulder Mobility Exercises
The best way to improve shoulder pain and shoulder mobility is through exercise. Both shoulder stretches and shoulder exercises strengthen the muscles in and around your shoulder and shoulder blades to create less shoulder tension, ease of shoulder joint movement, and reduced shoulder pain.
Low Carb Spring Recipes
Enjoy all the vegetables and flavors that are in season this spring! These simple, delicious low carb recipes are great sources of protein, healthy fats, and nutrients. Low carb spring recipes help you feel full and energized!
Best Stretches for Back Pain
Whether you are experiencing lower back pain or an ache between the shoulder blades, stretching can reduce back pain and tension. Improve the range of motion and stiffness in your back with these simple yet effective standing stretches for back pain.
Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Weight Loss?
Mighty Health physician, Dr. Eric Tam, dives into what intermittent fasting is, ways to intermittent fast, how intermittent fasting can be beneficial for weight loss and overall health, and ultimately whether or not it’s worth trying!
5 Top Natural Pain Relief Remedies
Natural pain relief can include herbal supplements as well as lifestyle changes like exercise or mindfulness. Each of these approaches prioritizes whole-body well-being. Plus, natural pain relief methods often have fewer side effects than pain medications.
Low Carb Food List for Weight Loss
Following a low carb diet is an effective way to lose weight over 50. Are you new to low carb or not sure what are the bets low carb foods? Check out this low carb food list and matching low carb recipes to make it simple!
Balance Exercises for Seniors
Balance exercises help strengthen your ability to move through daily life with more ease. They are as much about confidence as they are about strength, and are crucial to maintaining independence and feeling strong. Try these standing balance exercises for building better mobility!
Exercises to Lose Belly Fat While Seated
It gets harder to lose pesky belly fat as we get older and our metabolism slows down. The best exercises to lose belly fat give the abdominal muscles a workout. Try these seated belly fat burner exercises at home to build a strong core and manage a healthy weight.
Dynamic Stretches You Can Do In a Chair for Full Body Pain Relief
Dynamic stretches are the key to injury prevention and increased mobility for seniors. Work through stiffness, tightness, and pain with these dynamic chair stretches! These deep stretches improve the range of motion and tension release. and include neck stretches, back stretches, core stretches, hip stretches, glute stretches, hamstring stretches, ankle stretches, and inner thigh stretches for full-body relief.
3 Best Ankle Mobility Exercises
Suffering from ankle pain or stiffness? Here are some quick and simple exercises to do at home with a resistance band that will improve the strength and mobility of the ankle joints. These seated exercises are beginner and senior friendly.
Healthy, Low Carb St. Patrick’s Day Recipes That Are Easy to Make
For this year’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities, celebrate with healthy, low carb green recipes. This holiday is usually filled with salty, fatty foods (we’re looking at you, corned beef) that can be very bad luck for your waistline and for your overall health. Fortunately, there are several St. Paddy’s Day recipes that are better than a pot of gold – here are just a few.
Exploring Creative Outlets for Seniors
Finding ways to nurture our creativity and promote personal growth becomes essential as we age. Engaging in creative activities can offer a joyful and expressive outlet for exploration and has numerous therapeutic benefits. This article will explore different creative outlets tailored explicitly for seniors, emphasizing the limitless possibilities and their positive impact on overall well-being.
Easy, Healthy One Pan (or One Sheet Pan) Meals for Weight Loss
Make easy, quick, healthy and delicious meals in just one pan or sheet! These simple recipes only use one pan or one sheet pan to create a delicious and easy weeknight meal.
How to Speed Up Metabolism for Over 50 Weight Loss
Are you struggling with weight gain as you age? Does it feel harder to lose weight? It may be your metabolism slowing down. What is metabolism, and how does it affect our health and weight? Mighty Health physician, Dr. Eric Tam, is here to answer all your metabolism questions.