Alex Hutchinson

Once you reach adulthood, it’s basically one long fight against the slow but inexorable loss of bone strength – and the key to that fight, many of us assume, is weight-bearing activities. But that’s not the full story.

Exercise is good for you. Antioxidants are good for you. But put them together and it’s not as good as you’d think.

A Queen’s University research team has blown open the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the muscle and assists in the removal of lactic acid and other waste products. Or maybe not.

This is a classic case of researchers saying one thing, while top athletes tend to do something completely different.

Spring is here, and with it a new risk: sneezing injuries.

Getting too little vitamin D will certainly hurt your health and performance — but that doesn’t mean we should get carried away with the hype.