Fitness & Exercise

Bones & joints

A physiotherapist in a white shirt holds the lower leg and foot of a person lying on a treatment table.

Physiotherapist-led care cut emergency department stays by an hour for back pain, sprains and simple fractures

Oct 12, 2026

A hand in a blue glove holds a thin tool over a petri dish on a white bench beside a black microscope.

Cartilage regrowth explained: what a mouse study found, and why it is not yet a treatment for arthritis

Oct 9, 2026

Two surgeons in blue gowns, masks and caps operate on a patient under green drapes beneath large round theatre lights.

Robotic knee replacement was no better for patients at one year than conventional surgery in a blinded trial

Oct 9, 2026

The legs of a runner on a park path, seen from behind, with the sole of one shoe lifted.

Heel strike or forefoot: running footstrike made no difference to injury risk in 738 runners

Oct 2, 2026

A person on hands and knees in a yoga pose on a mat in a bright room with tall windows.

Yoga for chronic low back pain: what 21 trials show and how it compares with other exercise

Oct 1, 2026

A woman in a red top stretching in a child's pose on a blue exercise mat.

Modest amounts of exercise eased chronic back pain in 239 trials, with little extra from more

Sep 29, 2026

A runner's legs and white shoes on a sunlit park path, seen from behind.

Is running bad for your knees? What the research shows

Sep 29, 2026

An older woman jogging along a tree-lined park path on a sunny day

Brisk walking or jogging showed some of the clearest bone benefits for over-40s in a review of 124 trials

Sep 17, 2026

A syringe and four glass ampoules arranged on a black surface

One osteoporosis drug came with 17% less new osteoarthritis than the standard alternative

Aug 31, 2026

Bare feet standing on a wooden floor beside a discarded black high-heeled shoe

Fusing an arthritic big toe cut walking pain from 5.7 to 1.3 in the first trial to test it

Aug 28, 2026

Two people running side by side along a path through a meadow of white wildflowers

Weekend workouts tracked bone health as well as daily ones

Aug 8, 2026

Lane ropes across a bright indoor swimming pool

Swimming beat advice alone for chronic back pain

Jul 28, 2026

An older man jogging along a paved path through a green meadow

High-impact exercise did not wreck knees with osteoarthritis

Jul 26, 2026