Microscopic tears of the muscle away from the lining of the bone causes the pain. Predisposing factors include overpronation and running on hard surfaces, and shin splints are more common in novice ...

Science reveals that your lower legs act as a secondary circulatory pump, pushing blood against gravity to protect your heart and prevent dangerous blood pooling.

Your lower legs do much more than just keep you upright and moving through the day. Science reveals that your calf muscles ...

Leg strength is important for a number of reasons. It helps keep chronic diseases at bay, improves balance, and reduces the ...

Think barbell back squats are the only way to grow a mammoth lower body? Guess again. While powerlifters swear by this powerful compound move, it's not exactly the be-all, end-all for growing leg ...

Chair exercises for leg strength after 50, a CPT shares 5 moves that build stronger legs with less joint stress than weights.

Bed exercises for seniors, trainer Michael Betts shares 5 moves to rebuild lower-body strength after 60, no gym needed.

Register Now: The world’s largest running event returns for its 13th edition, uniting runners and wheelchair-users worldwide with one goal: to help find a cure for spinal cord injury. Strength ...

Kettlebell leg exercises can be just the thing you need, if you're getting tired of the same old lower body reps. Though the kettlebell is best known for its explosive moves (see: the KB swing), these ...

Hugh Herr, the director of an M.I.T. laboratory that pursues the “merging of body and machine,” grew up in a Mennonite family outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and his brothers—he was the youngest ...

You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or ...