Studies show that women are disproportionately affected by piriformis syndrome, with six women diagnosed for every one man.

"I have Piriformis syndrome. It's a muscle that's, kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve and it was shooting down my leg. "I thought I was gonna have to have hip replacement. Thank God my hips ...

"I think that we focus too much on how to live the longest life, how to build the most muscle mass," Lygdbäck said. "Nowadays it's all about optimizing and finding the best way to do everything.

The biggest benefit to doing sumo squats is that the wider stance offers a unique challenge to the inner thigh muscles, or your adductors' says John Calarco, CSCS, owner of Power Health and ...

Targeted hip adductor strengthening exercises are effective at reducing the risk of groin problems. However, little is known about the muscle forces of individual hip adductor muscles during different ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...