New study identifies how loss of mitochondrial protein MICU1 disrupts calcium balance and causes muscle atrophy and weakness. When we exercise, our muscles can become fatigued, sore and even damaged ...

Neck muscles have an essential role in supporting and stabilizing your neck. More than 20 muscles are working to keep your head supported and moving. Your neck muscles have a range of responsibilities ...

In women, the pelvic floor muscles are put at risk of damage and dysfunction by a series of factors such as high-impact exercise, obesity, pregnancy and childbirth, chronic constipation and the ...

Even though we’re told to treat our brain like a muscle and exercise it, the brain isn’t actually a muscle. The exercise has nothing to do with physical exercise, though physical exercise does happen ...

Hinge joints function similarly to hinge on a door. They allow bones to move in one direction back and forth. The fingers, toes, elbows, knees, and ankles contain hinge joints. Share on Pinterest ...