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

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. This muscle, also called the thoracic diaphragm, is the main muscle used for breathing and is also involved in other ...

Hiccups are sudden movements or repeated spasms of the diaphragm that you can’t control. This sudden inhalation is what ...

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens when I’m laying in bed and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens when I’m laying in bed and in the early morning hours. If I stand up ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens when I’m laying in bed and in the early morning hours. If I stand ...

Conversely, if deconditioning and disuse are the principal aetiological factors, weakness would be most marked in the lower limb muscles. Methods: The non-volitional technique of supramaximal magnetic ...

Two patients are presented with muscle spasms in an amputation stump. Neither patient experienced neuropathic pain nor phantom sensations, though phantom sensory phenomena, severe pain, and lack of ...

The impact causes the pressure to change in the diaphragm, which is the large muscle which divides your stomach and abdomen from your heart and lungs. The diaphragm goes into spasm and contracts ...