“Preventing falls is going to eventually lead to a longer life, and a more healthy life because you’re not suffering from ...

Stand up and try to balance on one leg. Can you do it? How long we can stand up like a flamingo is an important indicator of general health, especially as we age. It indicates changes in the strength ...

How long you should be able to balance on one leg varies, but at least 10 or 15 seconds is the minimum. The exact amount of ...

"If you have poor balance, you're at risk of falling, whether or not you're moving," a senior author of a new Mayo Clinic study said Standing on one leg could tell people a bit about their overall ...

Q: You recently wrote that several kinds of birds often stand on one leg but you didn't explain why. Whenever I see a flock of flamingos in a zoo, at least some of them are on one leg, Surely ...

Unless you’re a budding yogi, it’s not often that you stand on one leg. After all, you’re not a flamingo. But this quick minute(ish) activity can actually reveal a lot about your physical health. It’s ...

Try standing on one leg for 30 seconds. Now the other one. Not so easy. As we age, this ability to balance on one leg declines more dramatically than other signs of aging such as grip and knee ...

Single-leg exercises “challenge your hips, knees, and ankles, and make the stabilization muscles have to work harder,” says ...

"If you have poor balance, you're at risk of falling, whether or not you're moving," a senior author of a new Mayo Clinic study said Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has ...

Standing on one leg seems like a simple enough task. But — as anyone who has wobbled their way through it or crashed out in a yoga class while attempting a tree pose can tell you — it can be trickier ...

Q: You recently wrote that several kinds of birds often stand on one leg but you didn't explain why. Whenever I see a flock of flamingos in a zoo, at least some of them are on one leg, Surely ...