muscle

A local personal trainer here is big with high-tech gadgets, some of which are microcurrent based from what I can see, just wondered if anybody knows anything about this? I was Googling a bit and read the wiki entry on electrotherapy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrotherapy_(cosmetic)...

In my country, most people (specially older ones) have the belief that if you open a refrigerator after taking a hot shower (or ironing) will give you facial muscle spasms, or even facial paralysis. They will avoid opening refrigerators, even if their life depended on it, if they were just...

:heartbeat: Half of it is dedicated to your lungs, half to your oxygen loving muscles. Half of it is dedicated to your brain, half to your body. It contracts and relaxes thousands of times a day. It's failure is the most common cause of death, and we can live but a few seconds without it...

Does anyone know what the best thing to do to ease the pain from muscle cramps after they occur? I am prone to muscle cramps. I know how to prevent them (gatorade, stretching, etc.) and had not had any cramps for several years. However, yesterday one of my calfs cramped after playing...

Every now and again I enjoy a massage, purely for relaxation purposes. However, the last couple of times I've had one, the masseurs has told me I've got muscle knots in my back and has proceeded to try to massage them out. I don't know what a muscle knot is (something to do with stress?)...

Are there any chemicals or substances which would cause muscles, specifically striated ones over-respond to nerve stimulation? Like if you push down for a jump, let's say 200 pounds come out instantly, and a total of 400 would be produced had you not came airborne before the 200 sent you...