Kelly O'Shea

When she weighed nearly 500 pounds, Linda Oakley could barely walk, much less run. But that all changed when she underwent bariatric surgery and lost nearly half of her body weight.

Steven Raikin, director of foot and ankle services at Rothman, said the lower extremities are easy to ignore, "until they start bothering you. And when they start bothering you, it affects every aspect of your life."

Howard Weitz is a cardiologist who carefully avoided elevating his own heart rate for more than 40 years. Then he ran a half marathon.

At 52, Cheryl Dare's knees were in such bad shape due to advanced degenerative arthritis she needed to get both replaced recently at Aria 3B Orthopaedic Institute.

He'll race among 30,000 runners, and could even break the course record. But there's more than speed that distinguishes Bedada, 35, who has survived torture and persecution in his native Ethiopia.

Matthew S. Austin, director of joint replacement services, at Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital in Bensalem, performs more than 300 total hip replacements a year. He and patient Bill McDonough, 71, allowed a reporter and photographer to see what happens during this increasingly common procedure.

Her road to Rio was almost derailed in 2008, when Gardner suffered a potentially career-ending knee injury in her junior year at Eastern High School during a flag football game.

Shawn Ryan's friends know the combination: Lie him down on his back and move his arm up slowly toward his head until his shoulder falls back into place.

Nork lead us through a circuit of high V-low V with a calf pump, a single jack, a double jack, three jacks with a plyo, the clam digger and ended it with a "wave to the crowd" move that really unleashed my inner cheerleader. Tired yet? Because I was!

From Osteria’s pizza to South Street’s cheesesteaks and soft pretzels, here’s how to eat the Philly fat traps you love without gaining weight.

Have you ever seen a MegaFormer? Wayne’s new Plank Studio carries 10 of the 10-foot-long, 250-pound machines. The machine itself looks more like a medieval torture device than gym equipment — and at times, it felt like it too.

In its 36th-year, this grueling event is considered the most prestigious Ironman race. On October 11, Barry Lewis, a local spin instructor at Body Cycle Studio, reached the age group podium.

Suzanne Allaire and her co-leader Dan Layo have been leading free 6:25 a.m. Wednesday workouts on the Art Museum steps. Now, following in Boston’s footsteps, they’re adding a Friday morning workout in University City.