In an effort to minimize muscle tension in his daily life, a massage therapist shares the four things he never does. Kyles adds that wearing flip-flops for long periods can also lead to shin splints ...

Building core muscle strength can also help, Dr. Botros says. “It's important to also recognize where there's unequal ...

Tension is typically experienced in our bodies as tightness or stiffness in our muscles. This kind of tension can be quite painful and can sometimes severely restrict your ability to move. Tense ...

This 25-minute morning yoga session is designed to ease tight and sore muscles through gentle, full body movement. With slow ...

Without realizing it, many of us start our day by stretching before we even get out of bed. Involuntary stretching of your muscles is called pandiculation. It’s a behavior seen in most types of ...

The Lifevibe® Prime Vibroacoustic Therapy Chair applies principles designed to deliver a sound-based relaxation experience ...

Skeletal muscles are built from small contractile units, the sarcomeres. They are connected in a well-ordered series to form myofibrils that span the entire muscle. Contractions of these sarcomeres ...

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Tension headaches affect about 40 percent of us every year, and they're often blamed on stress or muscle tension around the neck, back and shoulder area. But new research finds a different cause.

Surgeons used to think that fascia is a tissue that just covered organs, muscles, and bones. Now, though, the medical world has expanded the definition to include tissue that surrounds all of the ...

Although flip-flop sandals are the footwear of choice for some folks when the weather is warm enough, Kyles wouldn't wear them all day long because they lack proper foot support. "Over-gripping of the ...