Maintaining a strong, stable core is among the most common fitness recommendations given to everyone from athletes to people with chronic pain. Terms like "core exercise" and "core activation" get a ...

Care for a pulled abdominal muscle at home with rest, ice, and over-the-counter pain relievers. See a provider for severe or continued pain to discuss physical therapy or, possibly, surgery to treat ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Diastasis recti, abdominal muscle separation, is an extremely common condition that affects many women during pregnancy and postpartum. Shannon Carey, a physician assistant ...

It’s normal for pregnant women to experience separation of the parallel muscle band of the anterior mid-abdominal wall known as diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) — about two thirds of mothers-to-be do.

Four daily exercises to support legs, core, and spine after 50, plus the biggest mistakes to avoid for healthy muscle aging.

Body composition - often expressed as the amount of fat in relation to muscle - is one of the standard predictors of cardiac health. Now, new research from the University of California San Diego ...

The work drew on 12 years of follow up for 5,440 participants aged 50 and over. The researchers focused on a dangerous combination often referred to as sarcopenic obesity, where muscle is lost while ...

A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, in partnership with University College ...