Dr. Shifflett Named as Top Doc in LA Magazine

When the kids are off for summer break, it’s easy to look at them and get a bit jealous of days spent lounging around with friends, hitting the pool, and playing videogames.  In fact, it’s enough to...

Leading an active lifestyle can prove difficult in the summer months, when it seems like every weekend and weeknight is spent careening form one barbecue or family function to another, with not...

One of the blessings of living in and around Los Angeles is that you’re never far away from a beach.  If you choose this setting to conduct a workout, however, you have to take a few more precautions...

It can sometimes feel like getting a proper workout in is going to break the bank, but it doesn’t have to be that way.  You can take an interest in your ongoing health in a way that won’t empty your...

A new article finds a personal trainer highlighting some of the pieces of fitness advice she wishes she would have been able to act on earlier in life.  No matter what age you are, you could benefit...

A new study has found that if you’re not inclined to think of exercise as a workout, you might be inclined to get more out of exercise.  The research hails from Cornell University and can be found in...

When you’re responsible for taking care of another person, it can be a struggle to find the time to take care of yourself.  That’s why the AARP should be commended for a challenge they’ve unfurled to...

For a female whose preferred exercise for most of her life has been running, it can be a little bit frustrating for her to figure out how to continue to engage in such a workout once she becomes...

It’s pretty hard to watch tennis and not take note of the fact that the players seem to be grunting whenever they put all their power into a ball.  But that grunt could actually come in handy to...

When the heats turns up, so does the potential to sustain an injury.  It's asking a lot of the human body to work out at an intense pace when the sun is beating down and the temperature proves...

One activity that we haven’t spent a lot of time covering on this blog is wrestling.  Let’s change that today.  A new article in the Wall Street Journal offers some insights into the types of...

One of the things that often holds a person back from getting the workout they need to stay healthy is that they either can’t find time to go to the gym or that they’re intimated by the prospect of...