Muscles

Retro Walking Backward

Walking backward may not be intuitive, but it's an effective leg workout

What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface

Muscle Cramps Cause

Fibromyalgia leaves people with widespread muscle pain – but its cause remains unknown

Fibromyalgia Symptoms Treatments

How strength training can stave off the physical decline that comes with aging

Strength Training

What are muscle knots and how can they be treated?

Muscle knot

Why do we get shots in the arm? It's all about the muscle

Can you float yourself to better health? What the science says about sensory deprivation tanks

Flotation tanks

A proper recovery is an essential — but often skipped — part of a workout

Protein Shake Workout Recovery

Green, leafy vegetables boost muscle strength — here's how to add them to your diet

Leafy vegetables benefits

Use resistance bands to strengthen your muscles and correct poor form

Resistance Band Exercises

Stiff muscles are a counterintuitive superpower of NBA athletes

This is how long you should be holding a stretch

how long to hold a stretch

Switching up this exercise can improve your athletic performance

push-ups muscles unsplash

This is what fitness trainers mean when they tell you to 'engage your core'

core unsplash

Three ways smartphones are hurting your health – and how to combat them

Women outlast men during exercises, study shows

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How to keep holiday stress in check this season

Light Lamp SAD

After a lifetime of seasonal depression, I finally tried light therapy. Here's what I learned

Shinges Vaccine Dementia

Shingles vaccine may offer an additional benefit — slowing the progress of dementia

Zipporah Washington Temple

Nurse who beat hard-to-treat cancer says she stayed strong by thinking of herself as a 'survivor'

Healthy Eating Flying

Here's how to still eat healthy at the airport and on a plane

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Suicide prevention: No more stigma

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