Stretching these often-tight areas daily can help your body stay limber. Hold each stretch for 30 to 60 seconds. Hip-flexor ...

Moving your body doesn’t have to last hours or involve a gym. Start by sneaking movement into your day in 14 easy ways.

With the use of these medications to help with weight loss and diabetes comes many questions about the long-term impact on ...

Don't let sore knees derail your next leg day — you can build muscle and strength in your lower body and avoid joint pain with the proper routine, according to a personal trainer.

When your muscle gets damaged – even just a little – it can cause inflammation in the bands of muscle and the fascial layer above. And that clump of inflamed tissue is a myofascial trigger point.

The researchers also investigated how exercise alone affected gene expression in muscle fibers from both mice and humans. The mice were 22 months old, which is equivalent to a human age of around ...

Regulatory T cells require IL6 receptor alpha signaling to control skeletal muscle function and regeneration. Cell Metabolism, 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.08.010 ...

To determine the effects of aerobic exercise on muscle mass overall, as well as muscle in specific areas of the body, researchers measured muscle and fat tissue in 238 men and women, then asked ...

Despite their reputation for causing muscle injury, a new study suggests statins won't worsen the toll that sustained, moderately intensive exercise already takes on patients' muscles.

Journal reference: Fernandes, J. F. T., et al. (2025). Advancing Age Is Not Associated With Greater Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.

Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that aging muscles are less resilient. Younger adults were categorized ...