Synergy Spine & Performance Introduces Non-Invasive, Muscle Activation Procedure to Tone Muscle, Burn Fat and Reduce Pain

For individuals struggling to find relief from chronic joint and muscle pain, Synergy Spine & Performance is now featuring Emsculpt NEO, an advanced, non-invasive technology designed to build strength ...

Eating These Foods Could Help You Poop, New Study Says

A new study found that your genes can determine the impact of thiamine on your gut. Foods like black beans, pork and cereal ...

Magnesium Explained: Which Type Actually Supports Sleep, Recovery, and Performance?

Magnesium is everywhere in fitness supplements, but not all forms work the same. Here’s how to choose the right type for ...

The 4+2 Advanced Method Builds Superior Gains – This Is How to Use It

This hypertrophy method was one of the late Charles Poliquin’s favourite muscle-building techniques and for good reason ...

What’s Periodization Training? Fitness Experts Explain Who Should Try the Workout Method

To the rescue: periodization training. Put simply, periodization training is an intentional exercise program with “strategically fluctuating variables like volume, intensity, speed, and weight,” says ...

Want Better Performance in the Gym, at Home, and Everywhere Else? Time to Focus on Your Tendons.

Muscle isn't the only thing that matters. Here's how you can tap your hidden potential—and bulletproof against injury.
Cochrane

Which method is best to induce labour for pregnant women at or after 37 weeks?

Alternative methods (such as acupuncture and herbal supplements). We wanted to know the most effective and safest labour induction method for pregnant women at or after 37 weeks with a live baby.
Thorax

Minimal important difference of quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) in COPD: a prospective cohort study

Background Quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) reliably measures quadriceps muscle force and predicts mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimal ...
BMJ

Pelvic floor muscle training in female functional fitness exercisers: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial

Objective Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among females during functional fitness training, such as CrossFit. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pelvic floor muscle training ...
Frontiers

Low-intensity muscle contraction exercise reduces pain sensitivity by modulating peripheral pathology and spinal sensitization in end-stage knee osteoarthritis rats

Introduction: This study evaluated the effects of low-intensity muscle contraction exercise on pain sensitivity, peripheral pathology, and central sensitization in the spinal dorsal horn in a rat ...