Chair yoga makes it possible to try yoga if you can't get on a mat or need extra support for poses. This type of yoga may help boost flexibility, ease tight muscles, and improve balance and motion.

Standing arm exercises after 55 with a CSCS guide to rebuild muscle using bands and bodyweight, joint-friendly and effective.

Carl used to be described as "uptight." In fact, he was such a taut person that he suffered from chronic back pain and excruciating headaches that his doctors ascribed to tension. He was also very ...

Skeletal muscles are built from small contractile units, the sarcomeres. They are connected in a well-ordered series to form myofibrils that span the entire muscle. Contractions of these sarcomeres ...

Tension is typically experienced in our bodies as tightness or stiffness in our muscles. This kind of tension can be quite painful and can sometimes severely restrict your ability to move. Tense ...

Muscle twitches fall into two main types. There’s myoclonus, where a whole muscle or group of muscles twitch or spasm. Then ...

At some point in their lives, most people develop some kind of muscle tension or pain in their neck. The cause could be unknown (idiopathic), or might be tied to a specific event—like sleeping on a ...