The beneficial effects of regular exercise or physical activity on your body range from fighting depression to reducing the risk of many chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
Exercise and Fitness
Hamstring strain or tear
A hamstring strain or tear involves over-stretching or tearing one or more of the 3 hamstring muscles at the back of the thigh.
Muscle workout: hamstrings
Hamstrings are the muscles located at the back of your thigh that run from your hip to behind your knee. Hamstrings make it possible to extend your leg straight behind your body and bend it at your knee. Healthy hamstring muscles should be strong and flexible to easily lengthen and contract your leg.
Cycling to health
Cycling regularly improves both endurance and aerobic capacity. It also reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease and improves your overall health.
Dehydration
Dehydration is the excessive loss of body fluids. Find out the causes, how to tell if dehydration is mild or severe, and treatments for dehydration.
Shoulder pain
Find out about the causes and treatment of shoulder pain, including frozen shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome, dislocated shoulder and arthritis.
Sciatica: treatment
Most sciatica gets better within a few weeks. If not, there are treatments that may help relieve your sciatica pain.
Osteitis pubis in athletes
Osteitis pubis usually causes pain in the groin, lower abdomen and inner thigh area, often related to exercise.
Groin strain
Groin strain commonly involves a partial tear of the adductor muscles of the inner thigh. Symptoms are a sudden sharp pull in the front of the groin, which causes a sudden pain and inability to continue moving.
Piriformis syndrome
Piriformis syndrome involves the piriformis muscle of the buttock compressing and irritating the sciatic nerve.
