As bizarre as it sounds, fat loss, reduced back pain, stronger legs and improved coordination are all benefits of flipping ...

Head into any gym, and you may find someone walking backward on a treadmill or pedaling in reverse on an elliptical machine. While some may be employing reverse motion as part of a physical therapy ...

There’s a saying: “Go backwards to spring forward.” I never really got it until I started literally walking backwards. It all clicked when I was recovering from eye surgery and looking for ways to ...

You may have seen people walking backwards on the treadmill at the gym—sometimes on an incline, and sometimes flat—and thought they looked absurd. But they haven’t lost their minds. They’ve just ...

'This type of activity engages different muscles and challenges your coordination, thus enhancing your balance and proprioception [your sense of movement, action and body positioning],' Barr explains.

“Doing an activity that we aren’t used to challenges muscles to become stronger through adaptation,” says Tim Donnelly, a physical therapist and rehab regional manager with the Illinois Bone & Joint ...