We've long known that regular exercise builds muscle, strengthens the heart, and lifts our mood, but a new paper shows the ...

Researchers engineered mice with a mutation (E3896A) in the RyR1 calcium-binding site, eliminating calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) without affecting depolarization-induced calcium release. The ...

Turns out a shoulder roll can drop your blood pressure, which may be the reason for the pleasurable sensation.

We've long known that regular exercise builds muscle, strengthens the heart, and lifts our mood but a new paper shows the ...

When you take a muscle through the full range of motion, it goes through three phases of muscle contraction: eccentric, isometric, and concentric. Placing more attention on one phase can yield ...

But take a look at your body under a microscope, and you’ll see that your working muscles are actually contracting in completely different ways depending on the phase of the exercise you’re in—and if ...

At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the unexpected, intense pain of a muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle ...