A pulled muscle is an injury to your muscle fibers. Muscle fibers are the large cells that make up your muscles. Your muscles allow you to move when they contract and relax. Many people use the terms ...

Here's what you need to know about oblique injuries in football.

June 11 -- (HealthDay News) -- Sprains and strains are common injuries that result from sports and exercise. Sprains involve a stretch or tear of a ligament, while a strain is an injury to a muscle or ...

When a sprain occurs, you have overstretched, twisted, or damaged a ligament, usually from a sudden event (i.e. twisting your ankle while running). Ligaments are bands of tissues that connect the ...

Feeling sore after a workout is known as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Sore muscles after exercise are a result of muscle breakdown during a workout, particularly on the eccentric portion or ...

Severe skeletal muscle injury, especially volumetric muscle loss, remains difficult to treat because effective regeneration ...

Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant felt a sudden onset discomfort in his right lateral abdominal area while batting in the nets ...

Alex Kerfoot underwent a procedure to repair a core muscle injury and is expected to miss 8-10 weeks. The forward was listed as week to week with a lower-body injury at the start of training camp and ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Running is not typically related to higher-than-usual incidences of lower back pain. However, excessive running without sufficient recovery time, improper running form, and other factors may ...