UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An individual may bring their hands to their face when feeling sad or jump into the air when feeling happy. Human body movements convey emotions, which plays a crucial role in ...

Something remarkable has happened in art galleries over the past decade. Where once only idealized, narrow representations of beauty graced museum walls, we now see bodies of all shapes, sizes, ages, ...

Physical therapists reveal the foundational "vital signs" of movement that determine your future independence, mobility, and ...

Walking has earned a reputation as a great form of exercise that’s easy and accessible for many people, and scores of studies show the popular activity has numerous health benefits, too. Getting at ...

The classical view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story. That map of the primary motor cortex — the motor homunculus — shows how this brain region is ...

Lunges: Lunges help by strengthening and stretching the hip flexors and surrounding muscles. The forward lunge, reverse lunge ...

The body positivity movement further evolved through Black fat activism in North America against the discrimination of Black bodies (Griffin at al., 2022). This movement, therefore, is grounded in the ...

The way we move through the world impacts our bodies far more profoundly than most people realize. While nutrition and skincare routinely dominate anti-aging discussions, movement patterns often exert ...

Studies show that even gentle post-meal movement can influence blood sugar control and gut-brain signaling, helping the body ...

For many Boston dancers, finding an affordable space to create is a challenge — especially in smaller neighborhoods like Hyde Park, Roslindale and Mattapan. That’s where this week’s Joy Beat honoree ...