When 'stomach gripping' messes with the muscles in your abdomen, your neck, shoulders and back pay the price in pain. Chest ...

From standing on your head and pressing on your eyeballs to breathing through a paper bag and chewing on a lemon, people will ...

The exact reason for hiccups is a bit of a medical mystery, but what we do know is that hiccups are linked to your nervous ...

When it comes to the correct way to breathe, it doesn’t matter whether you breathe through your nose or your mouth. Where you ...

If you’ve ever experienced a sharp, stabbing pain while running ... the diaphragm,” Dr Rajan explained. The diaphragm is a dome-shaped band of muscle below your lungs that helps to control ...

Health information site Medical News Today says that there’s no definitive cause for side stitches, but the ligament tugging ...

The pain can be caused by muscle cramps. They need no treatment. Chest pains that last longer can be from hard work or sports. The shoulders are usually involved. Sore muscles can start soon after the ...

Complications of muscular dystrophy can include: Breathing problems. Progressive weakness in the breathing muscles (diaphragm) makes it hard to take a breath. That raises the risk for lung ...

Patients would stay inside an iron lung until they were able to breathe independently, which in the case of Alexander would ...

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Damage to the muscles of the pelvic floor can cause pain in the vagina, stomach, and back, as well as affecting muscles in other areas. Some factors that can increase the risk of pelvic floor ...

There are numerous causes of neck pain; when associated with the common cold or similar illnesses like sinus infections, a handful of factors are usually to blame. In general, cold and flu viruses ...