Challenging your muscles with strength training exercises 2 or 3 times each week can improve the strength and tone of your muscles.
Sports
ITB syndrome
ITB friction syndrome is inflammation of the iliotibial band, the strong band of thick tissue that runs down the outside of the thigh.
Calf strain or tear
Calf strain or tear is caused by overstretching or tearing of either of the 2 calf muscles. It usually starts with sudden pain in the back of the leg.
Corked thigh
Corked thigh is caused by bleeding into the thigh muscle – usually caused by a direct blow to the thigh during contact sports. A haematoma in the quadriceps muscle may occur.
Stretching: an illustrated guide
Stretching exercises encourage lengthening of your muscles and their associated tendons, and oppose the shortening and tightening of muscles that can occur immediately after vigorous exercise, and as a product of ageing and inactivity.
Shin pain (shin splints)
Shin pain or shin splints encompasses a few specific conditions causing pain down the shin or along the inside of the lower leg.
Muscle aches and pains: treatments
Muscular aches and pains (myalgia) are very common, affecting most people at one time or another. Uncomplicated muscle pain, where you normally know the cause, is usually easily treated with simple measures.
Rotator cuff injury
Rotator cuff injury is usually a strain or tear of the rotator cuff – the group of muscles and tendons that hold the shoulder joint in place.
Exercise to burn fat
Find out about which types of exercise are best to burn fat and help you lose weight. To reduce total body fat, focus on increasing your physical activity, rather than decreasing energy consumed.
Aerobic exercise: what you need to know
Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that requires the consumption of substantially more oxygen than at rest.
