At the New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, one can order miso-glazed organic tofu on a bed of baby spinach with roasted artichokes for lunch. “This used to all be burgers and fries,” Jeffrey Held said as he pointed to other menu options, like a Tuscan kale Caesar salad and snack-ready crudités with […]

If you’re like a lot of people, you spend most of your day at a desk. All that time sitting can wreak havoc on your hips—not to mention, being sedentary is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, too. And considering the fact that your hips are part of the foundation

Raise your hand if you have a foam roller gathering dust under your bed or in your closet. Well, what’s it doing there?! Your muscles called, and they’re begging you to use it. This is a tool you should be incorporating into nearly every workout, says Sarah Kostyukovsky, a physical therapist at Physio Logic in

It’s cute when someone says yoga is so low-key, so graceful, so relaxing, because while that’s definitely an accurate description of some practices, if you’re an avid yogi trying to master complex poses or flowing in a heated studio, yoga can be an incredibly challenging, full-body experience. As someone who tries any workout available to

There’s a famous Hippocrates quote, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Now modern physicians are taking a note from the ancient Greek. “Before there was medicine, all we had was the wisdom of our elders and the food of our elders,” Dr. Robert Graham said. Dr. Robert Graham is one clinician

As a boy, Robert Graham always wanted to be a doctor. “My dream came true,” the Harvard-trained physician says today. Then Graham woke to a nightmare: Pushed to see more and more patients, he found himself overwhelmed and overworked as appointment times shrank and incentives to prescribe drugs skyrocketed. “Our health-care system is so ”

If you think Pilates is only for beautiful women with ballerinas’ bodies, you’re probably not alone. But you — and everyone else who buys into that narrow line of thinking — are wrong. Despite this common misconception, Pilates can be a great workout for everyone. The practice incorporates all the elements of healthy physical movement:

The next prescription from your doctor just might be for acupuncture instead of pain meds. As the science increasingly shows that the ancient Chinese therapy can be as effective as drugs, more doctors are acknowledging its legitimacy. At the same time, exciting new discoveries about how acupuncture works are also boosting its standing as a

Get the Basics… Discipline yourself by making time for movement. Train your body, but then trust it to do what you’ve taught it to do. Know when not to overtrain or overthink. Learn some fine-tuning stretches and exercises that can reset your body. Your body is an instrument that plays movement. The “sounds” you make

The grief hit immediately with the force of a truck. It was powerful, all-encompassing, and both physically and emotionally excruciating. In that moment, I wondered the same thing so many other people do after a loved one passes: How am I going to deal with this incredible, heartbreaking loss? “I’ve always turned to running when life gets hard.

Ashley Bellman visits Physio Logic Pilates & Movement for the latest in fitness. (Published Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018) [Original Article] Tags: #LyndaSalernoGehrman