When you weight train, you may think primarily of the major muscles being worked. Your biceps, triceps, back, chest and legs can tremble after a serious bout of lifting. You can’t forget that your fingers and hands work hard during weight-training as well -- facilitating the grip on dumbbells, barbells and other equipment. Experiencing finger spasms after weight training could be a normal reaction to a very intense session or it could be a sign of something that requires medical attention.
Your calf, or gastrocnemius muscle, can easily become strained during exercise or sports that quickly change direction, such as basketball or tennis. Muscle strains can be minor, stretching muscle fibers until mildly tender, or...
Dancers refer to leg extensions as the lifting of one leg to the front or the side of the body. Leg extensions occur in ballet, modern dance, jazz and other types of dance. These movements can be energetic and vigorous, as in a...
Doing splits with one leg in front of you and one leg behind you requires flexibility in two major muscle groups. For the front leg, the hamstrings on the back of the leg are stretched in the splits. For the back leg, it is the...
You don't have to press heavy weight during lunges and squats or do high-impact jumping to exercise your quadriceps. Modified quadriceps exercises stretch and strengthen your leg muscles, joints and tendons while reducing your ...
Leg cramps are common, but the reason for them is frequently unknown. Exercise, medications and certain diseases may contribute to the onset. Some people take supplements to assist with leg cramps, but taking Magnesium Fizz cou...
Developing a headache, nausea and rashes on your skin after eating Chinese food indicates an allergy or sensitivity to an additive called monosodium glutamate, or MSG. Just as high fructose corn syrup increases food sweetness, ...
Some bloating is common during pregnancy. Pregnancy swelling, or edema, is the result of the body filling with extra fluids during gestation, notes the American Pregnancy Association. These additional fluids allow for tissues a...
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