Valley Health geriatrician advises seniors on how to maintain quality of life. She says the secret is walking.

Staying physically active helps seniors boost energy, improve mood, and strengthen the mind-body connection. (Leslie Sokol's Dance photo) The connection between your physical and mental well-being is ...

WASHINGTON - Let's face it, a solid resistance exercise routine can be tedious, but effective. When it comes to cardio exercise, you have more freedom. You need to raise your heart rate, get your ...

La’Pinia Branson joined the Feb. 3 exercise class with Paige and Sheila. This was her second visit to the center. She held a yoga session between the exercise and dancing portions of the class. She is ...

When Maria started experiencing memory lapses at 73, her doctor suggested medications and puzzles. Instead, she joined a weekly dance class. Six months later, her cognitive assessments showed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members recently got their arms and feet moving to the beat at Kirtland’s Senior Center for a weekly line dancing class.

For many people, dance feels more like play than exercise, which helps to explain its enduring appeal as a workout. What began as “aerobic dancing” in the 1970s has evolved with exercise science (and ...

After arriving early, Mary Walter chatted with friends as she slipped on her dancing shoes ahead of the weekly line dancing class at the Murray Senior Recreation Center. As more people arrived for the ...

Members recently got their arms and feet moving to the beat at Kirtland’s Senior Center for a weekly line dancing class. Instructor Sandy Appeldorn led a group of about 13 students in a Feb. 3 class.