Legs

Here is a great way to strengthen your core muscles while lying on the floor. This exercise recruits muscles in your abdominals, back and hips to stabilize your spine against the movement of your legs. Lie face up on a flat, level surface. With both legs...

Here is a terrific exercise that not only strengthens your back and buttocks but also helps to align your spine and stretch your chest and hips. Lie face-down on a mat with your legs straight behind you. Place the palms of your hands on the floor near...

Ryne Sandberg has done it again. Cast aside by the Cubs a year ago, he has turned in another highly successful season as a minor league manager. Sandberg guided the Lehigh Valley IronPigsto the Governor's Cup championship series in the International...

If your back feels stiff and tight, try lying on the floor for a few minutes and hugging your knees into your chest. This is a safe and effective way to release tight muscles in your back, legs and groin. Lie on your back with your feet flat on the floor...

Services have been scheduled for a 13-year-old student who died after sustaining an ankle injury in a football game. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Alec Mounkes, a seventh grade student at Lyndon Middle School, died Thursday as the result of...

U.S. Marine Corporal Kenneth Kalish was wounded in April 2011, while fighting for his country in Afghanistan. "I walked around the corner and boom," Kalish said. "I actually didn't know I was hurt. I just thought that something went off and my ears...

The Fourth of July celebration in Grand Rapids quickly turned into a panic.  Camera-phone video shows a fight that got out of hand fast.  A teen pulled out a handgun and fired several shots, hitting two people in the legs. "I heard shots and then I...

If you still think sit-ups will reduce your belly flab, we've got some depressing news: You've fallen for one of the all-time great exercise myths. Fitness misconceptions are rampant, in part due to misleading infomercials, but also because scientific...

It’s not uncommon to have joint pain or stiffness from time to time. It presents differently in all of us. You may notice it as tightness, pain, or limited range of motion. In order to keep feeling strong and agile or to improve an area that’s...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing illness as on treating it has shown promising results and saved insurers millions of dollars. Growth...

Her name is Delores. She has pale blond hair and eyes that look right into your soul. If I had to find one word to describe who she is, it would have to be LOVE. She has four long legs, the front right one broken and operated on, and that is where her...

In May, Chris Mason-Hale posted a photo on his Facebook page of himself standing during a break from therapy at the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Looking all of his 6 feet 4 with arms crossed and head...