Many of us have felt a muscle in some part of our body suddenly and involuntarily tighten, causing a twitch or even severe cramp. Muscle spasms are common and typically don’t signal a severe health ...

Muscle knots can develop for a number of reasons—maybe work has you stressed out, poor desk posture has you hunched over, or that last gym session didn’t go well. Muscle knot causes aside, there’s no ...

Millions take statins like atorvastatin to lower LDL cholesterol, but doctors warn that persistent muscle pain should never ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

Feeling stiffer in winter? Know how cold weather impacts joints and muscles, causes pain and stiffness, and discover simple ...

You work hard all week, so when the weekend finally rolls around, you want to play just as hard. There's nothing like a few rounds of golf, a hike in the mountains, or an intense workout at the gym to ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

Like other parts of your body, your muscles change over the years. “As you age, your muscle fibers become less dense, which makes them less flexible and more prone to injury,” says Elizabeth Gardner, ...

When people talk about lupus, they usually mean systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which is about 70% of lupus cases. SLE affects your muscles, joints, and organs like your kidney, brain, nervous ...

Stiff knees, aching hips, and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older ...

Many of us have felt a muscle in some part of our body suddenly and involuntarily tighten, causing a twitch or even severe cramp. Muscle spasms are common and typically don't signal a severe health ...