practicing balance on soft mats is a challenge! Most people don’t wake up one morning and decide they need to “work on their independence.” They notice smaller things first. The stairs feel steeper. Getting up from the floor takes a little more planning. You reach for the railing without thinking about it. Maybe a bone-density scan showed osteopenia or osteoporosis. Maybe you had a fall—or one close enough to make you think about it. After years of coaching people at Triad, I

Fall prevention and balance training for older adults in Philadelphia at Triad Wellness There’s a particular kind of fear that can creep in as we get older. Maybe you’ve fallen before. Maybe you’ve had a close call on an uneven Philadelphia sidewalk. Or maybe you’ve simply started wondering what would happen if you lost your balance and couldn’t get back up. That fear can start making your world smaller. You hesitate on stairs. You avoid certain sidewalks. You move more cauti

“Don’t be nervous to start strength training. Don’t put it off until you can’t move.” That is Ginnie’s advice to other women who are thinking about getting stronger but have not taken the first step. Ginnie was one of four women in the first Strong Bones Foundations cohort at Triad Wellness in Philadelphia. She came into the program knowing that strength training was important, but like many women, she was not completely sure what to expect. Would the exercises be too difficu

I’m not writing this as a woman and I’m not pretending I know exactly what it feels like to live in a female body as it changes over time. But I am writing this as a coach in Philadelphia who has spent years working closely with women, especially women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, and I can tell you this: a lot of them do not come in saying, “I want six pack abs.” They come in saying things like, “I just want to feel stronger again.”Or, “I don’t feel as steady as I used to.”Or

I think a lot of queer women know exactly what I mean when I say this. There is this weird pressure, sometimes from straight people, sometimes from inside the community, to fit into some kind of aesthetic lane. Too masculine. Not masculine enough. Too feminine. Too into lifting. Not queer enough if you look one way. Too queer if you look another. It gets old. I have felt that myself. As an out and proud lesbian, I have had people try to tell me who I am based on how I present

If your feet hurt, your stride feels off, or running just doesn’t feel smooth anymore, you probably don’t need more guessing. You need someone to actually watch you move. That’s a big reason why I’m excited to have Dr. Sunny Shah working with us at Triad Wellness. Dr. Sunny Shah Sunny helps people get to the root of walking and running issues by looking at gait, foot function, tissue quality, and the way force moves through the body. That matters because pain rarely starts an