Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Mild muscle strains can feel better in a few days, but severe ones might take months to heal.A pulled muscle heals in three stages: ...

Australian researchers have discovered a regenerative factor produced by immune cells that drives the repair and regeneration of damaged muscle tissue. The findings are a breakthrough for treating ...

Massaging injuries doesn’t just make you feel better, it also helps the body heal faster and stronger, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard University have found that massages can flush ...

The combination of mechanotherapy — the use of mechanical forces to stimulate tissue healing — and anti-inflammatory treatment can help heal damage in aged muscles, according to a new study.

A new blood therapy is helping athletes and weekend warriors alike avoid surgery for muscle strains and tendon tears. Richmond Bradshaw, 18, dreamed of playing college football but got sidelined by a ...

Studies in mice by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers suggest how a class of regulatory T cells (Tregs) that are produced in the gut also play a role in repairing injured muscles and mending ...

Muscles get damaged and inflamed during intense workouts. Massaging muscles can help with regeneration and recovery. A new study dives into how this happens in mice and how massaging muscles may also ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have found a critical component for growing self-healing muscle tissues from adult muscle -- the immune system. The discovery in mice is ...

Massages feel good, but do they actually speed muscle recovery? Turns out, they do. Scientists applied precise, repeated forces to injured mouse leg muscles and found that they recovered stronger and ...

Materials that can heal themselves after becoming damaged have opened up some interesting new possibilities over the past decade or so, pointing to a future of scratch-resistant car paints and space ...

A pulled muscle hinders your workout routine; sometimes, it feels like it takes forever to heal. Pulled muscles are one of the most common injuries for runners, and they can definitely slow you down ...