Dr F Ghaffarinejad, Rehabilitation Faculty, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 71345-1733, Shiraz, Iran; ghafarif{at}sums.ac.ir1 Background: Muscle stretching is widely used in sport ...

Your Personal PT, Rachel Tavel, is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.), so she knows how to get your body back on track when it's out of ...

Hamstring and Calf muscles attach at the back of the knee and can often mimic a more serious problem when they start to pull. A tight Calf muscle can cause a tendon strain that can present pain behind ...

Knee joint of a patient showing (A) severe cartilage defects and (B) intact knee joint. CHICAGO – Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement, ...