Your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is a muscular ring that connects your esophagus with your stomach. It relaxes to let food pass through but otherwise stays closed to prevent stomach acid from ...

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If your shoulder workouts have begun to feel more like maintenance sessions, with few results to show for your endless reps, it might be time to change things up. Despite the dizzying list of shoulder ...

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Stiff, achy hips got you down? We’ve been there. Whether you’ve just come back from a running break, are tackling new distances, or have upped your intensity, runners of all levels experience tight ...

Because pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often causes shortness of breath, swelling, and fatigue, exercise may seem like the last thing you should do. But the right kind — with your doctor’s OK — ...

Regular low to moderate intensity exercise is usually safe with myasthenia gravis. Exercise may not clearly reduce myasthenia gravis symptoms, but it can improve strength, balance, mobility, endurance ...

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If it feels like you’ve been noticing more bodyweight exercises on your social feeds—the kinds of calisthenics exercises your grandparents might have done in gym class—you’re not imagining things.

There's a new study underway to test whether it's possible to fend off age-related diseases with a novel combination of high-intensity interval training and anti-inflammatory medicines and supplements ...