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  1. Muscular dystrophy - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that causes muscles to become weaker and lose mass over time. The condition is caused by changes in the genes that ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Muscle cramp - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    A muscle cramp is a sudden, unexpected tightening of one or more muscles. Sometimes called a charley horse, a muscle cramp can be very painful. Exercising ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Overview - Muscle Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory - Mayo Clinic Research

    Dr. Lanza's lab at Mayo Clinic seeks to maximize the health benefits of exercise by studying muscle physiology, metabolism and chronic disease.

  7. The most common causes of muscle pain are tension, stress, overuse and minor injuries. This type of pain is usually limited to just a few muscles or a small ...

  8. Muscular dystrophy - Symptoms and 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) interfere ...

  9. Muscular dystrophy - Symptoms and 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) interfere ...

  10. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that affect motor unit and muscle health during aging - Mayo Clinic

    And the muscles that are used the least and that have the least activity are ... muscle protein degradation and restores the FOXO suppression in a denervated ...