Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on ...

Bananas are often toted as a remedy for cramps, but do they really help with these painful muscle spasms? Here's what the ...

At the cellular level, the mechanics of how muscle tissue repair occurs gets complicated. There are significant differences ...

When you’re suffering from lower back pain, you might feel as if your entire pelvic area is immovable. This stretch can help ...

Back pain affects millions, but much of what people believe about it is outdated or oversimplified. Back pain is one of the ...

If you’ve ever walked away from a tough workout with the poise of an immortal gladiator, only to wake up two days later feeling like you’ve been run over by a horse-drawn chariot, you’ve experienced ...

We've all been there before. Running along the basketball court or swimming across the pool, when, all of a sudden, we experience a sharp pain in our foot or leg. Muscle cramps are common, affect ...

The myth is that resting will help your back heal. “This is a commonly-held belief by many people,” says Kierstin Drzal, PT a ...

A study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil investigated the process of muscle pain chronification – that is, when it goes from acute to chronic – and identified one of ...

Light exercise may help ease soreness in many cases. In other cases, continuing to exercise, especially at a high intensity, may increase the risk of injury.

Muscle and joint pain may overlap, but they can have different causes and treatment approaches. Muscle and joint pain can accompany swelling, stiffness, reduced mobility, and other symptoms. This ...

People with sartorius muscle pain may have pain in their knee or the front of their hip. Certain exercises can help strengthen the muscle and reduce pain. The sartorius is the longest muscle in a ...