A pulled muscle hinders your workout routine; sometimes, it feels like it takes forever to heal. Pulled muscles are one of the most common injuries for runners, and they can definitely slow you down ...

Your armpit, also known as the axilla, contains a large collection of lymph nodes, hair follicles, and sweat glands. A number of things can cause pain in the hollow created by your chest wall, muscles ...

We know how to protect ourselves from bigger injuries — wearing a helmet while biking, holding the railing while walking down the stairs, choosing comfortable, supportive shoes. But sometimes, it’s ...

Muscle strains are an unfortunate inevitability for active people. Sooner or later, everyone will deal with a muscle strain ...

Here's what actually happens when you "pull" a muscle. The human body has three types of muscles skeletal, cardiac and visceral. But we can only control, and damage, our skeletal muscles. These are ...

Pulled hamstrings generally aren't serious, so you can often treat them at home. If pain and swelling get worse, or you can't walk, call your doctor right away. Resting muscles after exercise and ...

When the muscles in your calf are overloaded, some of the fibres within it can tear. This is a very common injury in runners, though actually it first appears in medical literature in 1883 as 'tennis ...

As running is primarily a legs-based activity, it’s easy to think that upper-body exercises such as pull-ups serve no usefull purpose. But that’s just not true. A strong back and core – crafted by ...