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Are You Using Heat and Ice Properly?

Experts from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences share tips for incorporating thermal therapies after an injury or exercise

May 15, 2024

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Fitness

On Teens, Nutrition, and Exercise: How to Encourage Healthy Habits

Experts across Tufts outline the challenges for today’s teens when it comes to healthy eating and physical activity, and how parents and caregivers can help

April 9, 2024

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Fitness

Your Back Hurts? There’s Physical Therapy for That

A Tufts expert explains the mechanics of back injuries and how they can be prevented and provides tips for healing

February 28, 2024

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Fitness

Tips for Safely Returning to Exercise Postpartum

An expert at Tufts University School of Medicine offers advice for how to ease back into an active, athletic lifestyle after having a baby.

August 21, 2023

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Fitness

Tufts Nutrition Expert to Join President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition

Dariush Mozaffarian will help the committee promote accessible and inclusive physical fitness and good nutrition

April 3, 2023

Aging

Slowing Down Declining Muscle Mass and Strength in Older Women

With tips for getting regular physical activity, engaging in strength-training, and getting proper nutrition, Tufts exercise scientist Roger Fielding explains...

May 11, 2022

Health

Want Healthy and Happy Joints? Follow These 8 Tips

Whether you’re a weekend warrior or working from home, here are eight tips to keep your joints healthy and happy

April 17, 2022

Coach Don Megerle with a Tufts Marathon Team runner

Health

The Science of Marathon Running

Exercise and aging expert Roger Fielding offers tips for long-distance running at any stage of life

April 11, 2022

Jesse Grupper climbs toward victory at the YETI National Climbing Championships in November 2021.

Points of View

Jesse Grupper Reaches Peak of Competitive Climbing

The engineering graduate defeated Olympic athletes to clinch the national championship—but he’s keeping his day job

January 31, 2022

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Science & Technology

Threads That Sense How and When You Move? New Technology Makes It Possible

Engineers created thread sensors that can be attached to skin to measure movement in real time, with potential implications for tracking health and performance

January 29, 2021

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Are You Using Heat and Ice Properly?

On Teens, Nutrition, and Exercise: How to Encourage Healthy Habits

Your Back Hurts? There’s Physical Therapy for That

Tips for Safely Returning to Exercise Postpartum

Tufts Nutrition Expert to Join President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition

Slowing Down Declining Muscle Mass and Strength in Older Women

Want Healthy and Happy Joints? Follow These 8 Tips

The Science of Marathon Running

Jesse Grupper Reaches Peak of Competitive Climbing

Threads That Sense How and When You Move? New Technology Makes It Possible

Most Popular

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Schools

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