Neck muscles have an essential role in supporting and stabilizing your neck. More than 20 muscles are working to keep your head supported and moving. Your neck muscles have a range of responsibilities ...

Most robots rely on rigid, bulky parts that limit their adaptability, strength, and safety in real-world environments. Researchers developed soft, battery-powered artificial muscles inspired by human ...

Adding dumbbells into your home workouts is a great way to step up your training. Case in point: this workout will develop full-body strength, boost your bone health and build muscle all over using ...

Your 50s are a crucial decade for bone health. After age 50, bone breakdown outpaces bone formation, accelerating the speed of bone loss. This doesn't mean you're doomed to have brittle bones as you ...

In 2018, I had a desire and a passion to start what is called a JCCF Vitality Class at Jefferson City CrossFit. We have classes for children, adolescents and adults. We continue to modify movements ...

It seems like you can't go anywhere without seeing someone wearing a weighted vest. They're at the gym, on hiking trails, in public parks and on social media feeds, where influencers claim wearing one ...

Dr. Jason Snibbe doesn't take a laundry list of buzzy supplements each morning — he swears by three to build muscle and keep his bones healthy. The official orthopedic surgeon of the LA Clippers, who ...

Aging may be inevitable, but getting more fragile and weaker definitely doesn’t have to be. As we age, maintaining muscle mass, mobility, and balance becomes more important than ever for supporting ...

When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss--such as after a car accident or a battlefield injury--current treatments don't often lead to effective healing. But certain stem cells from skeletal ...

The beginning of a New Year usually brings fresh motivation and commitments to exercise more, eat wisely, and prioritise ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...