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
Proper shoes are essential for Stroke Recovery, Balance Training, and Fall Prevention!
Your shoes can make or break your balance.
In this educational episode, award-winning fitness trainer and author Tracy L. Markley explains why proper footwear and foot support are essential for walking gait, posture, hip alignment, pelvic stability, and fall prevention — especially for stroke survivors and seniors.
Most people don’t realize how much the feet influence the rest of the body. When the feet are not supported correctly, it affects knee alignment, hip movement, spinal stability, and overall balance. But when the feet are supported, the entire body aligns more safely and efficiently.
This episode breaks down how shoes, arches, and foot mechanics impact the brain–body connection and why choosing the right footwear is a foundational step in recovery and daily movement.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How proper shoes influence hip, pelvic, and spinal alignment
- Why foot mechanics and arch support matter in stroke recovery
- How shoes affect stability, gait pattern, and posture control
- Practical tips for choosing footwear that supports balance and confidence
- Why “from the ground up” is the key to safer movement and fall prevention
Whether you’re a stroke survivor, caregiver, fitness professional, or someone working on balance and mobility, this episode will help you understand how the feet affect the entire body — and how the right shoes can greatly improve everyday movement.
🌐 LEARN MORE & GET TRACY’S BOOKS
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Books mentioned in the episode:
- Balance Walking & Fall Prevention: A Fitness Trainer’s Guide for Seniors & Pre-Seniors
- Stroke Recovery: Regaining Arm Movement
- Stroke Recovery: Leg Stability and Walking Gait