Upper-Back And Shoulder Stretch Face each other and hold wrists. Step apart, bend knees, and squat down, drawing hips away from one another. Gaze at floor and keep neck relaxed. MORE: Try This 60-Second Back Pain Fix Lower-Back Release Lie faceup with your partner holding your ankles. Relax, keeping hips on floor, as he gently swings your legs side to side in an arc pattern for 30 to 60 seconds....

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Up until that point, my fitness routine included a few step aerobics and spinning classes each week, but it was getting stale and not giving me the results I wanted. So I met with Matt Pack, a trainer at my gym, to see what else I could do. He told me that to really change my body, I needed to start strength training, which would boost my metabolism and give me muscle tone so that I’d look great in any party dress....

But buying products and hoping for the best may soon be passe. New companies are launching services that allow you to swab your cheek, send off your DNA for analysis, and get back a report detailing your skin’s potential pitfalls—allowing you to completely personalize your approach to skin care. Find out you’re at high risk of skin cancer, for example, and you could load your regimen with sunscreen and antioxidants to help prevent free radical damage, thereby decreasing your risk of skin cancer....

Women who self-treat yeast infections may overlook these surprising yeast-promoting factors, as can many doctors: High sugar levels in vaginal fluids. Diabetes can raise glucose levels in vaginal fluid, which can feed yeast. Overindulging in sweets or alcohol can have the same effect, says Dr. Mercer. Low immunity. An underactive thyroid gland, chronic stress, and HIV all mute your immune response, therefore hampering your first line of defense against infection....

For those hoping an at-home test will replace the colonoscopy entirely (and who isn’t?), we’ve got a small bubble-burster: There are no definitive plans yet. The clinical trial only tested Cologuard’s one-time accuracy, not its potential integration into current screening practices. Right now, it seems most likely that the test will be used in between once-a-decade colonoscopies, or as a way to increase overall participation in screenings. Diehard colonoscopy avoiders, for example, might try Cologuard knowing they may only have to get the full-blown procedure if the test comes back positive....

Before Lyft, taxis were overpriced and a little outdated, and the same could be said for traditional gyms, says Raj Kapoor, an early investor with Lyft. When he realized that the group classes and bootcamps he loved didn’t fit into his schedule once he had kids, he was inspired to change up the fitness world. His fix for what he felt was a broken industry? Fitmob, a fitness app that’s gained 10,000 users since its launch in January....

Chris Freytag’s “Boost Your Energy through Fitness” Program Tricep Dips Tricep dips: Sit on a step or chair, with your hands next to your thighs. Lift your butt off the seat and move your body so it’s slightly in front of the seat or ball. Keep your knees slightly bent. Bend at the elbows and lower your body a few inches. Keep your shoulders relaxed and elbows pointed back. Push back up to starting position....

1. Sauté the onion in a nonstick ovenproof skillet until just beginning to brown. 2. Pour the eggs over the onions and cook until barely set and still a bit runny on top. 3. Bake the frittata to finish cooking the eggs and to brown the top lightly. 4. Loosen the edges of the frittata with a spatula and slide it onto a serving plate. FRITTATA RECIPE WORK TIME: 15 MinutesTOTAL TIME: 30 MinutesSERVINGS: 4 6 lg eggs½ c freshly grated Parmesan½ tsp salt¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper2 Tbsp olive oil1 onion, chopped2 Tbsp chopped parsley (optional)...

Here’s the deal: it takes a lot of milk—four ounces, the article reports—to make a single ounce of Greek yogurt. And once it’s fermented on a large scale, the mountain of whey is more than a little problematic. Acid whey is toxic to the environment and kills off aquatic life, so it can’t be dumped, and cattle can only tolerate it in their feed up to a point. In the meantime, there’s an ocean of surplus....

Forget the whole soul thing—the eyes are actually a window to your health. “Simply by looking in someone’s eyes, we can see things like arteries, veins, and nerves, which are a reflection of what’s going on in the rest of the body,” says Rahul Khurana, MD, a retina specialist in northern California. That’s why the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends everyone get a baseline eye exam by age 40, if not before (if everything looks good, your doctor can decide how often you should follow up)....

Scientists are uncovering more and more evidence that insufficient sleep may cause hormonal shifts that boost hunger and appetite—particularly for fat-laden carb diet catastrophes like jelly-filled donuts and super-sized fries. “We all need to be aware there is a relationship between sleep and obesity,” says J. Catesby Ware, chief of the division of sleep medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and director of the Sleep Disorder Center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA....

The research: Researchers in Montreal and Madrid teamed up to test their hypothesis by giving half of a group of rats a melatonin supplement for 10 weeks, while the other half were given none. Sure enough, at the end of the study period, the melatonin-treated rats had higher bone volume and bone mass than the others. The bottom line: This is the first study demonstrating melatonin’s ability to reclaim bone mass, though the effect has yet to be tested in humans....

Think veggies take too long to cook? Find them bitter or boring? We took five of America’s favorite vegetables (plus five others you and your kids are going to love) and made them tastier and a snap to prepare. POTATOESSpuds with skin are packed with vitamin C and are one of the best sources of potassium and fiber. They can be low cal: A plain baked potato has only 140 calories....

Blue for every fresh food you purchased, such as fruits, vegetables, and fresh fish. Yellow to note all the not-so-healthful packaged foods, including cookies, crackers, and frozen pizza. Pink for those better-for-you in-between foods: wholesome but packaged goods like Greek-style yogurt and instant brown rice. Ideally, at least 75% of the items in your cart should be blue or pink. If not, bring your receipt on your next grocery trip to revamp your food repertoire....

Larysa’s answer: You’ve finally gotten moving on your walking program and you’ve been really motivated and consistent when—BAM! You feel a pain in your knee that just won’t go away. You panic. One of the hardest decisions you have to make is whether to stop or continue. Do you suck it up and press on (because gosh darn it, you’re a trooper!), or do you risk making your pain and possible condition worse?...

When Australian researchers took a look at seven randomized trials, they found that 3 power-walk interval workouts a week reduced cardiovascular disease risk significantly—and more than moderate-intensity continuous training. Not only did HIIT do a better job at improving blood vessel function, it also tended to outperform MICT when it came to other heart boosters, including reduced oxidative stress and inflammation, and improved insulin sensitivity, says study co-author Jeff Coombes, director of research at The University of Queensland in Australia....

Countless numbers of clients have told me that the same held true for them. No matter how simple the weight loss program, they couldn’t seem to find the motivation to stick with it until they first made a change deep inside, a change that affected their entire outlook on weight loss. Anne Armstrong was one of those clients. She hated her body. When you hate something, how do you treat it?...