The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy is your source of practical, uplifting, and science-rooted guidance for living a stronger, safer, and more confident life — at any age.
Hosted by Tracy Markley, internationally recognized fitness educator, award-winning author, stroke recovery specialist, and creator of the bestselling books The Stroke Recovery Workbook, Brain & Body, and Balance Walking and Fall Prevention, this podcast blends expertise with heart. Tracy’s decades of experience helping stroke survivors, seniors, and everyday adults rebuild strength, balance, mobility, and hope shine through every episode.
Whether you’re looking to improve your proprioception, feel steadier on your feet, better understand your body, prevent falls, recover from injury, or simply age with power and grace, this show gives you real tools — not fluff. Tracy brings compassion, clear explanations, and encouraging motivation to help you feel capable, empowered, and ready to move forward.
🎧 Tune in for:
- Balance, gait, and fall-prevention tips
- Stroke recovery insights from one of the most trusted voices in the field
- Fitness and mobility guidance for seniors and pre-seniors
- Brain–body education and nervous system support
- Strength training, walking programs, and functional movement
- Real stories from people who regained independence and confidence
- Encouragement, mindset support, and realistic strategies you can use today
- Hearing loss
- Fitness and exercise for all ages
- Muscles, joints, ligaments, fascia and more
- and much more
⭐ Learn More & Stay Connected
Website: https://www.tracymarkley.com
Books by Tracy Markley: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@TracyMarkley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracy.markley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyfitt
⭐ Your Host
Tracy Markley is a fitness trainer, educator, and author known for blending anatomy, neuroscience, and compassion to help others move better and live better. Her work has transformed lives around the world — from stroke survivors rebuilding mobility to adults who simply want their body to feel like home again
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
Knee pain is one of the most common issues people struggle with — but in many cases, the true cause isn’t the knee itself.
Knee pain is one of the most common issues people struggle with — but in many cases, the true cause isn’t the knee itself. It’s the muscles that surround it.
In this educational episode, fitness professional and movement specialist Tracy L. Markley breaks down the real reasons so many people experience knee pain, stiffness, and instability. You’ll learn what muscles attach near and around the knee joint, how imbalances develop, why certain movement patterns cause pain, and which stretching or strengthening strategies can help improve comfort and mobility.
Tracy explains knee mechanics in simple, practical terms so listeners can better understand their own body and make safer choices in daily movement, exercise, and recovery.
Whether you’re an older adult, an active individual, a fitness professional, or someone recovering from injury, this episode offers valuable insight into how to keep your knees healthier and more stable.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT:
- Common causes of knee pain that often go overlooked
- Muscles that attach above, below, and around the knee
- How tight or weak muscles can pull the knee out of alignment
- The relationship between the hips, glutes, hamstrings, and knee function
- How foot and ankle mechanics influence knee comfort
- Stretching strategies to improve mobility and reduce tension
- Why strength training is essential for knee protection
- Lifestyle and daily-movement habits that support long-term knee health
- Simple awareness tips to prevent unnecessary strain
This episode will help you understand your knees in a whole new way — and empower you with practical knowledge to move with greater comfort, confidence, and control.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Stroke Recovery Bookstore: www.strokerecoverybooks.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit