Going to the gym and pumping iron is a great place to start for healthy muscles, but that alone won't do it. A balanced regimen of exercise, strength training and a diet is essential for building ...

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by transforming muscle movement into electricity, researchers report October ...

He also reported no history of low back pain, and lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging performed ... The nerve conduction study showed normal compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) in the right ...

Building muscle after 50 requires a more intentional approach than it did in our younger years, which we have nature to thank for. After age 30, both men and women begin to experience an ...

A sudden, intense pain on injection suggests intraneural injection ... identify the nerve by eliciting contraction of the anterior compartment muscles. The needle is withdrawn slightly, and after ...

When this nerve is pinched, you may feel: Numbness Tingling Sharp pain in the leg or the top of the foot In severe cases, peroneal nerve entrapment can lead to foot drop, in which you have difficulty ...

In men, they are more common in the 15 to 24 age range. Tendons connect muscles to bones. They can become inflamed and irritated, and this condition is called tendinitis (sometimes spelled tendonitis) ...

This distance-learning specialist MSc Pain Management programme is aimed at clinical professionals from all backgrounds involved in the delivery of integrated pain services in primary or secondary ...

Conservative treatment (rest, icing, pain medication) is usually successful. Conditions affecting the peroneal tendon are a common cause of pain on the outside of the heel, where the tendons connect ...