Fitness

If you spend time on social media, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered the term pelvic-floor therapy, or pelvic-floor physical therapy. This specialized form of physical therapy has been growing in popularity over the years, especially in online parenting circles and on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with parents discussing their personal experiences with
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Whether you’re a frequent or infrequent gym-goer, there’s a good chance you’ve done crunches. Crunches are a classic core-strengthening exercise. But while they may seem ubiquitous — heck, they’re even part of the dreaded Presidential Fitness Test — they aren’t the only way to strengthen your abs. Like all exercises, crunches work best — and
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Mother Nature’s gift. Aunt Flo. That time of the month. It’s time to drop the euphemisms and talk plainly about one of the most important aspects of human health: menstruation. March marks Women’s History Month, and the fact of the matter is women’s health has been understudied and underrepresented in our history. For something that
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Christina Applegate is leading with love. After conservative commentator Candace Owens criticized a Skims campaign for showing a model in a wheelchair, Applegate addressed some of the ableist commentary on Twitter, offering to educate Owens on the importance of accessibility. “Woke to see the most horrifying thing,” Applegate wrote on March 23. “This Candace person
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Image Source: Getty Images / Jerod Harris / Stringer When you hear terms like “hot-girl hobby” and “‘That Girl’ workout,” racket sports probably aren’t the first things to come to mind. Chances are, you think of people doing reformer Pilates decked out in Lululemon, or those TikTok videos where people share the stylish outfits they’re
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Despite how far we’ve come in medicine and representation of chronic conditions, many disorders are still not well understood, including nervous system disorders, like Tourette syndrome (TS). TS, also characterized as a tic disorder, is typically diagnosed in childhood and is often characterized by involuntary sounds and movements called tics. Tics can appear as sudden
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To a cardio newbie, running can seem incredibly simple to take up. After all, the sport doesn’t involve any fancy equipment, has no set-in-stone rules to follow, and is just a fast-paced version of walking, right? Those ideas are true to an extent. But slipping on a random pair of sneakers and pounding the pavement
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