Stand on one leg and swing your other leg back and forth. If you had difficulty balancing, you probably need to work on your core strength. Core strength requires a group of muscles to stabilize the trunk while you move.

Along with the cold air and snow, many people experience a shift in mood that is more than just the blues, and lasts until winter ends. Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is often blamed on dreary winter days, but it is a real, clinical condition that can affect a person's professional and personal lives.

QI am a distance runner and have ITB syndrome. My pain is always to the outside of my hip. A friend that I run with has recently gone to the doctor because of pain on the outside of her knee and was told she has the same thing. How can this be true when our symptoms are so much different?
- T. Thibodeaux, Crestwood

QI've heard that metabolic testing could assist my son's training for cross country season. What is metabolic testing and how can it help him improve?
T. Dudley, Kirkwood