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
What Your Teeth Have to Do with Brain Health & Stroke Risk?
Welcome to The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy.
This episode explores an often-overlooked connection between oral health, brain health, and stroke risk.
Most people think brain health starts with exercise or medication — but research now shows that teeth, gums, and oral inflammation play a role in brain and vascular health.
Gum disease and chronic dental infections don’t stay in the mouth. Inflammation and bacteria can enter the bloodstream, affect blood vessels, and impact circulation to the brain. Studies have linked poor oral health to increased risk of ischemic stroke, vascular brain changes, and long-term brain health concerns.
In this episode, I discuss:
• How oral health affects the brain
• Why inflammation matters for stroke risk and recovery
• What current research is showing
• Practical steps to support both brain and oral health
This episode is part of The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy and is available as both a video and a podcast episode on major podcast platforms.
This information is intended for education and awareness and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personal medical guidance.
▶️ This video is educational and not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider for personal medical guidance.
For More Support for Stroke Recovery, Balance, and Safe Movement
I create educational videos to help stroke survivors, caregivers, and professionals understand movement, balance, and recovery with clarity and confidence.
🔹 Learn more & resources:
🌐 Website: https://www.tracymarkley.com
🔹 Books by Tracy L. Markley:
📘 Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
🔹 Community & continued support:
🤝 Membership / Programs: https://www.tracymarkley.com/membership
🎓 Courses: http://www.tracymarkley.com/cec-courses
Sign up for Tracy's Free Stroke Recovery Newsletter:
https://www.tracymarkley.com/form/newsletter-sign-up
These videos are for educational purposes and are not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your healthcare professional before starting any exercise program.
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