Physical therapists reveal the foundational "vital signs" of movement that determine your future independence, mobility, and ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An individual may bring their hands to their face when feeling sad or jump into the air when feeling happy. Human body movements convey emotions, which plays a crucial role in ...

Walking has earned a reputation as a great form of exercise that’s easy and accessible for many people, and scores of studies show the popular activity has numerous health benefits, too. Getting at ...

In the fall of 2023, NPR's Body Electric series inspired tens of thousands of listeners to get off their screens and move their bodies—over 20,000 people joined our study with Columbia University ...

The classical view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story. That map of the primary motor cortex — the motor homunculus — shows how this brain region is ...

Remember when body positivity was everywhere? Social media was full of messages telling you to embrace your stretch marks, love your curves, accept your skin, and celebrate the body you have right now ...

I was born on the heels of Generation Y, so my mind and body developed during the ‘Got Milk?’ propaganda of the early 2000s. Truth be told, if Ozempic was introduced when I was growing up, I probably ...