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
Understanding Stroke Recovery: A Conversation With Tracy Markley
Stroke recovery doesn’t end when formal therapy ends — and survivors need clear, compassionate, practical education to continue healing.
In this episode, stroke recovery specialist and author Tracy L. Markley shares valuable insight into stroke rehabilitation, functional movement, proprioception, balance, gait, and the brain–body connection.
Speaking from years of hands-on experience and from the research that shaped her books, Tracy explains how survivors can continue improving through brain education, movement awareness, and understanding how the body works after a stroke. She also discusses common challenges survivors face, what families often misunderstand, and why self-education is one of the most powerful tools in the recovery journey.
This episode originally aired when Tracy had nine published books — five of them dedicated to stroke recovery — and her work has continued to grow since then. Her message remains the same: your recovery continues, and knowledge is power.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why stroke recovery requires ongoing education long after therapy
- The importance of proprioception, alignment, and movement awareness
- How survivors can safely continue improving at home
- Common misconceptions families and professionals don’t always understand
- How Tracy’s books came to be, and why she writes them
- Encouragement and hope for survivors at every stage of their journey
Whether you’re a survivor, caregiver, fitness professional, or clinician, this episode provides clarity and encouragement for anyone seeking deeper understanding of stroke recovery.
🌐 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