OTTAWA, ONTARIO – The Health Standards Organization has issued new rules to help hospital employees manage the pain of children, particularly those who are unable to speak when they are harmed. It is the world's first national standard focusing on paediatric pain. Dr....

Controlling inflammation allows injured aged muscles to recover, which bodes well for the future of mechanotherapies. For decades, mechanical forces — including massage — have been used to stimulate tissue healing as a form of physical therapy. However, the biological...

Muscle can regenerate itself through a complex process involving multiple steps and players, including the immune system. As we age, our muscles lose their ability to regenerate. A new study led by Joana Neves and Pedro Sousa-Victor, group leaders at the Instituto de...

Learn simple techniques for relieving muscle tension, such as stretching and massage, to improve your mobility and comfort. Do you have a stiff neck? Achy? You can't move as well as you used to? One or more tight muscles are most likely to blame. But what exactly does...

It's the day after you sprinted a few extra hill repeats, made it through a long-overdue squat session, or finally got back into your regular cycling routine, and your muscles feel like rocks lodged between your bones. That is due to a condition known as delayed onset...

Israeli researchers were able to reverse the deterioration of a patient with severe muscular dystrophy, and the medication may also relieve pain for statin users worldwide. Israeli researchers discovered a previously unknown muscular dystrophy disease, and the...