(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Hales, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) For athletes across all ...

You may get muscle cramps from dehydration, mineral loss, or overuse during exercise. Warm up and stretch your muscles before ...

A vasospasm is when one of the arteries carrying oxygen-rich blood throughout your body suddenly contracts. (The word "vaso" means vessel, and "spasm" is a sudden, involuntary muscle squeeze.) This ...

Researchers have investigated the effect of increased cell temperature on the contractility of skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle by heating the muscle proteins using advanced microscopical techniques ...

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Many of us have had this dreaded experience: you’re asleep or lying in bed, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you feel an excruciating, twisting, tightening, pain in one of your calves.

A myocardial contusion is a bruise to your heart muscle. It's caused by blunt force to your chest. It may tear the wall of your heart or damage your heart valve. A particular type of injury that ...

Bronny James, the son of basketball legend LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest during practice with his college team on Monday — raising questions about how it's possible for a seemingly healthy ...