For most people, the term “stiffness” has negative connotations. When you wake up in the morning complaining of a “stiff back,” the remedy might include taking a hot shower, doing some yoga, ...

Waking up with tense muscles in the morning? The culprit could be something you didn't even suspect: Your nice and cosy duvet. Christin Klose/dpa Have you got out the thick eiderdown for snug sleep ...

Resistance, or weight training, is widely recommended in sports and rehabilitation as an effective exercise to increase muscular strength and size. This form of exercise involves applying resistance ...

Resistance, or weight training, is widely recommended in sports and rehabilitation as an effective exercise to increase muscular strength and size. This form of exercise involves applying resistance ...

For the first time, an international research team has developed concrete, evidence-based stretching recommendations for practical use. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Wilke of the University of ...

During the colder months aches and pains often creep in. Orthopaedician explains why cold weather intensifies joint pain, ...

Recent advances in exercise physiology and biomechanics have refined our understanding of how diverse stretching techniques affect muscle properties. Contemporary studies have compared resistance ...

Ayurveda considers the cause of muscle pains, stiffness, and spasms to be Vata Dosha exacerbation since it handles movement ...

Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as, Moersch-Woltman syndrome, is a rare disease and is characterized by progressive muscle stiffness. According to Rarediseases.org, SPS is an acquired ...

The muscular system is actually quite an easy system to understand. All of our muscles have an origin and an insertion. Their roles are defined by where they are attached to bones, and this determines ...