Muscular dystrophy

Like every single good thing, your workout also can accompany its exceptional aftereffect; try too hard on the track or at the rec center and you may wake up to some extremely sore and throbbing muscles the following morning. Do you wear sore muscles as a symbol of honor, or does it put a spanner in your arrangements for the day ahead? Whatever you association with torment, the post workout headache, or DOMS (Deferred Onset Muscle Soreness) as it is medicinally termed, is a reality you may need…

that I couldn’t even do one. I went home and looked at what the average push-ups a 13 year old boy should be able to do, it was 13, a lot more than I could do obviously. Now I can do 13 without collapsing. That is why I feel I grew in upper body muscular endurance this year in Wellness & Fitness. Something that showed my growth was the 30 Day Challenge. We did the 30 Day Challenge in first quarter. The 30 Day Challenge took place in September and October. The 30 Day Challenge was created so we…

While Hallux Rigidus may sound like a spell out of a Harry Potter movie, it is in fact a condition that affects the joint located at the end of the big toe. The increasing pain you are experiencing in your foot as you move through your daily activities each day could, in fact, be caused by just one digit on your foot. So what is this condition, and how do you go about fixing the problem? Hallux Rigidis Explained 'Hallux' is the Latin term for toe, and 'rigidis' is Latin for rigid. Therefore,…

The Bicep brachii muscle is located on both of your arms, on the front side of the upper arms. You use these muscles everyday, whether you know that you are using them, or whether you don’t. Just doing everyday things you are working this muscle, like for example when you bring your arm up to open the door, or when you are lifting the spoonful of cereal to put it into your mouth. You absolutely need this muscles to lift things up. The stronger you are, the more weight you can lift. When you are…

Skeletal Muscle: Skeletal muscle makes up approximately 40 percent of a humans total body weight, and contains 50-75 percent of all body proteins, accounting for 30-50 percent of whole body protein turnover (Frontera and Ochala 2015). It contributes significantly to multiple bodily functions both mechanically and metabolically. In terms of our study its main function is to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy allowing individuals to generate force and power, and produce repetitive…

In high school, my soccer coach would have us stretch before AND after we finished practice. When we entered the weight room, however, he only had us group stretch after. A lot of people try to argue for pre-workout stretching, but according to WebMD, “everyone is more flexible after exercise.” Arguably, stretching post workout hasn’t seemed to decrease muscle soreness and pre workout stretching is unlikely to reduce risk of injury or improve performance. On the other hand, cooling down after…

It is that time of the year that I love the most, it is starting to get cold. The sun and I do not get along. In the past, I used to hate the winter because my knees would be achy and just in pain all the time. I am sure I am not the only one out there who has had this problem. If you did not know, I had a series of knee surgeries that used to cause me so much pain and agony. I thought I was going to be in pain for the rest of my life but that is definitely not the case anymore. For 3…

adduction. Standing, where the fixed point is at the insertion on the femur, contraction will rotate the pelvis anteriorly[17]. 2.2.2 Psoas This muscle is only muscle group in human body with direct attachment to the spine, the pelvis and the femur. Therefore it has potential to influence, and influenced by movement at both of the spine and hip joints[18]. 2.2.3 Gluteal maximus muscle: superficial group The gluteus maximus muscle is the one of the largest muscle in the gluteal region and…

Bradbury-Squires et al. (2014), Mohr et al. (2016), and Markovic (2015) found that foam rolling or rolling massage significantly increased range of motion of joints and increased flexibility of muscles in comparison to the control groups for all the interventions tested. However foam rolling wasn’t always the intervention that increased joint range of motion the most. For Mohr et al. (2016) static stretching alone increased range of motion more than foam rolling alone. Additionally, they also…

During construction, we tested the strength by putting the pair of pliers I was using to bend the paper clips on top of the base to see how sturdy it was. I would gently shake the structure while the pliers were on it to see where I needed more support. Where I needed more support, I added cross-bracing. I continued to test stability by adding more weight, seeing where I needed more support, then fixing the weak areas. This helped make my foundation stronger, which made my whole building…