Abdominal diastasis recti
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Abdominal diastasis recti: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment & Exercise

Diastasis recti (rectus diastasis) or divarication of the recti is a stretching of the linea alba with abnormal widening of the gap between the 2 medial sides of the rectus abdominis muscle (increased inter-recti distance). “Diastasis recti” means belly sticks out because the space between your left & right belly muscles has widened. You might…

Deltoid muscle strain
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Deltoid muscle strain: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment, Exercise

What is a deltoid muscle strain? Deltoid muscle strains are common injuries in people that do a lot of tough exercises or in athletes that use their shoulders and deltoid muscles constantly. The deltoid muscle can be overextended with some motion like throwing a baseball or lifting a heavyweight. Some people working on muscle strength…

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Vastus medialis muscle pain at the knee: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment, Exercise

When you feel knee pain & difficulty in walking, running & or stairs activities, it is indicated to be vastus medialis muscle pain at the knee. this pain is produced for many reasons like muscle injury, strain & many reasons. This muscle injury produces pain with swelling & spasms. this pain is relived by RICE…

Plantaris muscle pain
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Plantaris injury: Symptoms, Treatment, Exercise

What is the plantaris injury? Injuries to the plantaris muscle can either occur as a muscle strain or more commonly, a plantaris muscle rupture. Plantaris muscle ruptures have also been called “tennis leg”. A plantaris injury may happen as an isolated injury, in combination with a soleus and gastrocnemius tear, or an ACL injury. Damage…

Calf muscle tightness
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Soleus strain: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment, Exercise

What is soleus strain? A soleus muscle strain occurs due to muscle fibers are damaged by the loads placed on them by jerky activity. The soleus muscle is injured while the knee is in flexion. Strains of the proximal medial musculotendinous junction are the most general type of soleus muscle injuries. It crosses only the…

Calf muscle tightness
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Gastrocnemius strain: Cause, Symptoms, Treatment, Exercise

What is a gastrocnemius strain? A gastrocnemius strain, also sometimes called “tennis leg”, is an injury to the calf muscle in the back of the leg. It occurs when the gastrocnemius muscle is stretched too far resulting in a partial or total tear or rupture within the muscle. Tennis Leg refers to an acute medial…