A pulled muscle or a ‘strain’ happens when your muscle fibers become overstretched or tear. It's usually caused by overuse ...

Discover how muscle imbalance silently causes joint pain and injuries, plus the expert-recommended strategies to restore balance and prevent future problems.

Wondering how to treat a pulled muscle? Fitness writer and trained PT Miranda Larbi has the answer and it involves RICE. There’s nothing like starting the new year with ambitious fitness goals ...

Here's what actually happens when you "pull" a muscle. The human body has three types of muscles skeletal, cardiac and visceral. But we can only control, and damage, our skeletal muscles.

They are bracketed into two groups. Muscles called 'flexors' pull your knee in when straightening the leg. These include the four muscles of the quadriceps (vastus lateralis, intermedius and ...

But wait, what exactly are ‘pulled’ muscles? “A pulled muscle occurs when the muscle fibres have been torn,” explains Karen Gambardella, senior physiotherapist at BUPA Health Clinics.

Background There is little information about the effect of hamstrings training on hip and knee joint function, morphology of each hamstring muscle, and the rate of injury incidence. Objective To ...