Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often ...

Our study found that older adults are no more likely to experience muscle soreness after a workout than young adults are.

A Singapore-developed device has been approved by the regulatory authorities in Singapore and the US for medical use to improve muscle strength, increase mobility and reduce pain. This is a ...

Sometimes spasticity involves muscle spasms. A spasm is a sudden, involuntary jerk, muscle contraction, or muscle tightening. Flexor spasticity: Your muscles are extremely tight, leading to your ...

With potential benefits ranging from stronger bones and mobile joints to improved mood and cardiovascular function, it makes complete sense that you would want to build muscle. But while you know ...

Type I muscle fibers, commonly known as slow-twitch muscle fibers, are specifically built for endurance activities. They can maintain contractions for extended periods without fatigue, even though ...

A detached retina occurs when the retina, a layer of tissue that covers most of the back of the eye, separates from its anchored position. Eye trauma is the most common cause, and the symptoms—blurred ...

Welcome to Air Force ROTC at Virginia Tech! At Detachment 875, we strive to uphold our motto of being the Best Alive in everything we do. Whether it be academics, physical fitness, mentoring, ...

An arm wrestle for most of the game where goals were hard to come by, the Crows got an important buffer from an Izak Rankine goal late in the fourth term. Jake Stringer instantly responded with ...

Troponin refers to three different proteins that help regulate the contractions of the heart and skeletal muscles. Normal troponin levels range from 0 to 0.04 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml).

“The posterior tibialis is a muscle that originates on the back, or posterior, part of the tibia and fibula (your lower leg bones), up close to your knee,” explains Cathlin Fitzgerald, D.P.T ...