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  1. Muscle strains - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Overview. A muscle strain is an injury to a muscle or a tendon — the fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bones. Minor injuries may only overstretch a ...

  2. Strength training: Get stronger, leaner, healthier - Mayo Clinic

    To give your muscles time to recover, rest one full day between exercising each specific muscle group. Also be careful to listen to your body. If a strength ...

  3. Muscular dystrophy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. In muscular dystrophy, abnormal genes (mutations) ...

  4. Core Muscle Strength — Why it's Important to Maintain - Mayo Clinic News Network

    The roof is the diaphragm, the large muscle below the lungs. The base includes the pelvic floor and girdle of muscles around the hips. The abdominal muscles are ...

  5. Core exercises: Why you should strengthen your core muscles - Mayo Clinic

    Core exercises can help tone your abs. Want more-defined stomach muscles? Core exercises are important. While it takes aerobic activity to burn fat in your ...

  6. Muscle pain - Mayo Clinic

    Almost everyone has sore, aching muscles now and then. Muscle pain can involve a small area or your whole body. The pain may range from mild to severe and ...

  7. Exercises to improve your core strength - Mayo Clinic

    Core muscles include the abdominal muscles, back muscles and the muscles around the pelvis. Strong core muscles make it easier to do many physical activities.

  8. Muscle cramp - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Symptoms. Muscle cramps occur mostly in leg muscles, most often in the calf. Cramps usually last for seconds to minutes. After the cramp eases, the ...

  9. Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity - Mayo Clinic

    Do strength training exercises for all major muscle groups at least two times a week. ... Use a weight or resistance level heavy enough to tire your muscles after ...

  10. Stretching: Focus on flexibility - Mayo Clinic

    Decrease your risk of injuries; Help your joints move through their full range of motion; Increase muscle blood flow; Enable your muscles to work most ...