A pulled muscle hinders your workout routine; sometimes, it feels like it takes forever to heal. Pulled muscles are one of the most common injuries for runners, and they can definitely slow you down ...

Massaging injuries doesn’t just make you feel better, it also helps the body heal faster and stronger, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard University have found that massages can flush ...

Massages feel good, but do they actually speed muscle recovery? Turns out, they do. Scientists applied precise, repeated forces to injured mouse leg muscles and found that they recovered stronger and ...

Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000 years, and today many athletes swear by massage guns to rehabilitate their bodies. But other than making people feel good, do ...

Studies in mice by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers suggest how a class of regulatory T cells (Tregs) that are produced in the gut also play a role in repairing injured muscles and mending ...

Without the trillions of bacteria in the gut, muscles might not be able to knit themselves back together after an injury. According to a study published February 22 in Immunity, T cells that normally ...

The combination of mechanotherapy — the use of mechanical forces to stimulate tissue healing — and anti-inflammatory treatment can help heal damage in aged muscles, according to a new study.

Muscles get damaged and inflamed during intense workouts. Massaging muscles can help with regeneration and recovery. A new study dives into how this happens in mice and how massaging muscles may also ...

A new blood therapy is helping athletes and weekend warriors alike avoid surgery for muscle strains and tendon tears. Richmond Bradshaw, 18, dreamed of playing college football but got sidelined by a ...