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Muscle strains - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Muscle spasms Swelling Muscle weakness When to see the doctor Mild strains can be treated at home See a doctor if your symptoms worsen despite treatment — especially if your pain becomes intolerable, or you experience numbness or tingling Causes Acute strains can be caused by one event, such as using poor body mechanics to lift something heavy
Performance-enhancing drugs: Know the risks - Mayo Clinic Most serious athletes feel a strong drive to win They often dream big too Some athletes want to play for professional sports teams Others want to win medals for their countries The pressure to win leads some athletes to use drugs that might give them an edge These are called performance-enhancing drugs Use of these drugs is known as doping
Isometric exercises: Good for strength training? - Mayo Clinic Isometric exercises are tightening (contractions) of a specific muscle or group of muscles During isometric exercises, the muscle doesn't noticeably change length The affected joint also doesn't move Isometric exercises help maintain strength They can also build strength, but not effectively And they can be performed anywhere Examples include a leg lift or plank
Statin side effects: Weigh the benefits and risks - Mayo Clinic Very rarely, statins can cause life-threatening muscle damage called rhabdomyolysis (rab-doe-my-OL-ih-sis) Rhabdomyolysis can cause extreme muscle pain, liver damage, kidney failure, and death The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low Only a few cases of rhabdomyolysis occur per million people taking statins
Relaxation techniques: Try these steps to lower stress Relaxation techniques take practice As you learn relaxation techniques, you can become more aware of muscle tension and other physical ways your body reacts to stress Once you know what the stress response feels like, you can try to do a relaxation technique as soon as you start to feel stress symptoms
How your brain works - Mayo Clinic The brain contains billions of nerve cells arranged in patterns that coordinate thought, emotion, behavior, movement and sensation A complicated highway system of nerves connects the brain to the rest of your body, so communication can occur in seconds Think about how fast you pull your hand back
Heart attack - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic A heart attack occurs when an artery that sends blood and oxygen to the heart is blocked Fatty, cholesterol-containing deposits build up over time, forming plaques in the heart's arteries If a plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form The clot can block arteries, causing a heart attack During a heart attack, a lack of blood flow causes the tissue in the heart muscle to die
Myasthenia gravis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic This causes muscle weakness Myasthenia gravis also may happen if antibodies block proteins such as muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase, also called MuSK, or lipoprotein-related protein 4, also called LRP4 These proteins work together to form strong connections between nerve cell signals and muscles
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, also called hypertrophied The thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to pump blood Many people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy don't realize they have it That's because they have few, if any, symptoms