Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Admittedly, percussive massage devices look pretty intimidating, but using one can help increase blood flow to support your ...

Your muscles and joints might notice the cold weather before you do.

Eating just 5 percent more calories daily can do the trick.

In my last column, we discussed that current scientific evidence doesn’t suggest that stretching prevents injury in the sport or activity immediately following the stretch. However, we also covered ...

BARBARA FROM HOMA HAS A QUESTION ABOUT. MUSCLE PAIN. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION. SHE WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE A CERTAIN AREA OF THE BODY THAT THE MUSCLE PAIN MAY BE IN? >> I KNOW YOU SAW ...

If there’s one familiar sound whenever a volunteer tries out an interactive device that uses electrical muscle stimulation, it is probably laughter. Even for experienced users of the technology, the ...

A newly developed bionic knee could help people with above-the-knee amputations walk and climb with greater ease than they could with a traditional prosthesis. The new prosthesis, described July 10 in ...

Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000 years, and today many athletes swear by massage guns to rehabilitate their bodies. But other than making people feel good, do ...

Ultrasound therapy does nothing to help an injured skeletal muscle heal any faster, according to a new study conducted in rats. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ultrasound therapy does nothing to help an injured ...

Winters are a time when we want to curl up in bed and enjoy the cosy feeling. But for some people, it is that time of the year when they wake up feeling creakier than usual. Backs feel tighter, knees ...

Massages feel good, but do they actually speed muscle recovery? Turns out, they do. Scientists applied precise, repeated forces to injured mouse leg muscles and found that they recovered stronger and ...