The muscular system provides your body with the structure, strength and movement it needs to survive. In order to keep this system healthy, exercise is needed. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all healthy...
Your body fully recovers from even the most difficult workouts, but it is no hurry to do it. The speed of your recovery depends on how intense a workout is. For intense training sessions, pay more attention to the recuperation process. During...
Cervicogenic headaches arise from problems originating in the structures of the neck. The nature and patterns of pain, as well as the factors that initiate a particular episode of cervicogenic headache, often overlap with other headache types. For...
The Achilles tendon joins the calf muscles to the heel bone. According to Dr. Pribut of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, the Achilles is especially prone to injury in athletes both because the calf muscles can exude forces of up to 12 times the...
Muscle knots in your back can be painful, especially if they are big and aren't going away. Some knots may cause mild discomfort, while others may affect your ability to sleep, work and move. According to a 2002 article published in the journal...
At any age, regular strength training builds up more than just muscles; it builds a healthier body. The benefits of building and preserving muscle result in better body composition, faster metabolism and a stronger immune system that will...
Chronic pain is currently incurable, but that doesn't mean that the experience of pain can't be reduced without drugs or surgery, such as through exercise. A study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine 24th Annual Meeting affirmed...
Microtrauma is the best way to describe the pain within your muscles after a workout. There have been several incorrect conclusions about the sources of pain, including one pervasive myth about lactic acid being the cause of pain, but damage to...
Drinking alcohol has many short- and long-term negative affects on athletes. The impact of alcohol consumption touches everything from basic performance levels to physiological baselines. Athletes who take their sports seriously would do well to...
Muscle growth, otherwise known as hypertrophy, begins with a stimulus. The muscle is exposed to increasing volumes of tension over a consistent period of time (e.g., resistance training). Increased volumes of tension placed on the muscles causes...
Cycling is a form of a low-impact aerobic activity that you can do indoors on a stationary bike or outside on a traditional bike. Even though cycling is considered a low-impact exercise because there is no impact made with the ground, knee...
Mild exercises are designed to apply low impact and stress on the body. Mild exercise is similar to the fitness regimen known as cross training. Cross training is a exercise routine that uses several modes of training to develop a specific part of...
Stress fractures, also called "march fractures" because soldiers get them frequently while on march, occur most often in runners, dancers, basketball players and people suffering from osteoporosis. According to the American Academy of Sports...
Lifting weight can stress muscles, tendons and ligaments of the elbow joint. This pain can occur on the inside, outside or on the back of the elbow and can range from a nuisance to severe pain. Elbow pain while lifting weights can be the result of...
Using a balanced diet with good sources of protein, you can build muscle while developing strength and power following a solid exercise program. Compound lifts and plenty of whole foods can reshape your physique and increase your athleticism...
Core muscles are defined as any muscle involved in supporting the spine. These muscles include the muscles of the back as well as the muscles of the abdomen. Training abdominal muscles can be useful in combating back pain. According to the book...
"Build muscle in your sleep!" It sounds like another outrageous claim by the $40-billion-a-year fitness industry, trying to cash in on the public's collective ignorance and insecurity. But the actual building of muscle does happen during periods...
There are many ways to work out with weights, and one of them involves training to "failure." There are different definitions of failure, as well as a variety of ways to implement it into your training routine. Regardless of how you use them,...
The most effective full-body workout incorporates aerobic exercise, strength training and a stretching routine to keep your muscles flexible. A comprehensive exercise regimen can help you maintain a healthy weight, tone muscle mass and reduce the...
Experiencing muscle soreness after exercise is not because of the widely held misconception of lactic acid build up. Microtrauma, or the breaking down of muscle fibers, causes the feeling of soreness within muscle bellies. Muscle soreness...
Muscle tightness is a common side effect of exercise. There are many different things that can cause muscles to tighten, including failure to stretch beforehand, muscular imbalances and poor posture. All of these causes can be easily treated by...
Fibromyalgia is a disease that produces weakness and muscle pain. It can make doing everyday activities difficult, if not impossible. If you have fibromyalgia the last thing you feel like doing is taking up an exercise program. Ironically, though,...
Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes fatigue and widespread pain in the muscles, tendons and joints. While regular exercise is vital for managing fibromyalgia symptoms, over-exercising can result in injury and worsening of fatigue and pain....
Pulling yourself up and gripping crevices in rock faces takes a toll on your elbows. Tendons and ligaments suffer injuries through sudden or chronic overuse as well as from trauma due to falling or attempts to avoid a fall. Pain, stiffness and...
The Achilles tendon connects the heal bone to the calf muscles. It is the largest tendon in the human body, used for walking, running and jumping. Rarely does a pediatric patient, under the age of 14, have problems with tendinopathy, or rupture of...
Tight leg muscles can affect your daily life. Vitamin deficiencies, poor posture, inactivity and joint problems all can lead to localized bands of tight tissue called trigger points. Muscle tension may lead to restricted range of motion, poor...
Charcot foot, or neuropathic osteopathy, is a degenerative disorder of the feet that is progressive and debilitating. According to the Podiatry Channel, it occurs as a result of nerve damage, or neuropathy, and is characterized by decreased...
A resistance exercise has two portions, the positive, or concentric, and the negative, or eccentric. The concentrate is when the agonist, or the muscle which is the prime mover in the motion, is contracting, or shortening. The negative is when the...
Sports injury is a collective term used to describe any form of body damage that occurs during organized sports activities or activity-related training. Athletes in high school experience roughly the same percentage of these injuries as adult...
