Driving past village greens on a sunny day and seeing local cricket teams is so quintessentially British.Many cricket players are quite sedentary over the winter months and then get their kit out of mothballs and hit the pitch with a vengeance. Inevitably, using muscles which haven't...

People who suffer from arthritis of the knee appear to gain lasting relief from a traditional course of Swedish massage, researchers report.The findings suggest that doctors may want to advise arthritis patients to add massage to the treatments they are already using, like anti-inflammatory...

Being of a "certain age" I'mrather sceptical of the Wii phenomonon. I like to think there's nothing like the real thing when it comes to exercise.So it was with a little schadenfreude that I read this interesting article in the New York Times website about the increase in Wii injuries.I...

It seems a long way off but I'm already in training for the Virgin London Marathon 2010. I'm currently up to running 2 hours [albeit at a snail like pace] and I'm on track to complete the St. Albans Half-Marathon on 14 June 2009. My goal is better my PB of 2h08, so I'm going to have...