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2. Muscle cramps are a pain. These expert-approved tips ... - AOL

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   Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle fibers, says Dr. Lucas Buchler, a physician of sports medicine and orthopaedic surgery at ...

3. The best heating pads for treating sore muscles and cramps - AOL

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   Heating pads can help to treat aches, soreness and pains in your muscles and joints. I rounded up the best heating pads recommended by experts from brands like Homedics, Bearaby, Sunbeam and more.

4. The 11 best muscle pain relief creams, according to pain ...

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   With an estimated 52.5 million adults in the U.S. affected by arthritis alone and up to 24% of adults experiencing muscle pain during their lifetime, effective topical pain relievers can be life ...

5. Cadaveric spasm - Wikipedia

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   Cadaveric spasm may affect all muscles in the body, but typically only groups, such as the forearms, or hands. Cadaveric spasm is seen in cases of drowning victims when grass, weeds, roots or other materials are clutched, and provides evidence of life at the time of entry into the water.

6. Muscle contracture - Wikipedia

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   The muscle contracts and fails to relax again, becoming hard or stiff, the muscle may swell up, and although temporary, it is longer lasting and generally more painful than muscle cramps. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These contractures are different from cramps, because they are not elicited by the nerve, but by intrinsic mechanisms in the muscle itself and are ...

7. Cramp - Wikipedia

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   A cramp is a sudden, involuntary, painful skeletal muscle contraction [1] [2] or overshortening associated with electrical activity; [3] while generally temporary and non-damaging, they can cause significant pain and a paralysis-like immobility of the affected muscle.