For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, ...

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Jesy Nelson has confirmed that her daughters’ devastating illness could mean the twins won’t make it to their third birthday.

We asked Dr. Aravind Athiviraham, an orthopedic surgeon at UChicago Medicine, to find out. Why does cold weather lead to ...

Traditional stroke rehabilitation therapy focuses on restoring strength and movement to the more impaired side of the body, ...

When it comes to fitness advice, Denise Austin has long been one of our go-to experts. She’s spent decades showing people how ...

CIARA Brennan thought the odd spasms in her arm were just stress but a week later she woke to find the left side of her body ...

Adrenaline increases the "alertness" of the nervous system, meaning it's ready to trigger muscle contraction. It also increases the amount of blood flow and changes the tension of the muscles, which, ...

It’s 4 PM. Your coffee is cold, your posture is tragic, and your laptop screen is blurring into a singular, glowing nemesis.

Infectious agents can cause muscle twitching and spasms, too. The most commonly known is probably tetanus, which causes a phenomenon called lockjaw, where the neck and jaw muscles contract to the ...