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
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Website: https://www.tracymarkley.com
Books by Tracy Markley: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@TracyMarkley
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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
Stroke Support Groups: No one should go through stroke recovery alone.
No one should go through stroke recovery alone.
In this heartfelt and encouraging episode, stroke recovery specialist and author Tracy L. Markley talks about the importance of stroke support groups — both in-person and online — and how community can bring comfort, education, and renewed hope.
Support groups provide a place where survivors and caregivers can share experiences, learn from one another, ask questions, hear real stories, and feel understood. Tracy explains why these groups can make a meaningful difference emotionally, mentally, and even physically as people navigate the long journey of recovery.
You’ll hear practical tips for finding stroke support groups near you, how to join online communities, and why connecting with others who “get it” can change the recovery experience. Tracy also encourages listeners to consider starting a group of their own if one does not exist locally.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why stroke support groups are valuable for survivors and caregivers
- How connection with others reduces isolation and increases confidence
- The benefits of both in-person and online support communities
- How Facebook groups and virtual communities can offer daily encouragement
- What to look for in a healthy, supportive group environment
- Tips for starting your own support group if your area doesn’t have one
- How shared experiences can bring comfort, motivation, and hope
Tracy also shares her own online support community:
Stroke Survivor and Recovery Support — Learn Body Mechanics and Gain Hope, a group she created to help survivors better understand their bodies and feel supported through every stage of recovery.
If you or a loved one is on a stroke recovery journey, this episode will remind you that you don’t have to walk it alone. Support is out there — and sometimes, it’s just one conversation away.