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  2. Your Body Never Forgets Muscle. So Here's How Long It ... - AOL

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    Muscle memory helps you get back into shape faster after a break, makes complex movements feel more intuitive, and allows you to transition between similar activities easier (think: from tennis to ...

  3. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    Age, bone type, drug therapy and pre-existing bone pathology are factors that affect healing. The role of bone healing is to produce new bone without a scar as seen in other tissues which would be a structural weakness or deformity. [2] The process of the entire regeneration of the bone can depend on the angle of dislocation or fracture.

  4. Muscle hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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    Muscle hypertrophy or muscle building involves a hypertrophy or increase in size of skeletal muscle through a growth in size of its component cells. Two factors contribute to hypertrophy: sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, which focuses more on increased muscle glycogen storage; and myofibrillar hypertrophy, which focuses more on increased myofibril ...

  5. There’s a trick for building muscle as you age - AOL

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    Here's how it works: the physical demand for more strength when working out will cause slight damage to the muscles (the tearing that causes soreness after a workout) – don't worry, the damage ...

  6. The Surprising Way Protein Can Help You Lose Weight Faster - AOL

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    Protein is kind of the It Girl of nutrients right now. It's the macro that's good at everything: building muscle, supporting immune function, sustaining energy levels, shoring up bone health, and ...

  7. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva - Wikipedia

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    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).

  8. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, F x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture . [ 1 ]

  9. This Low-Impact Workout Packs A Benefit That Pilates Doesn't

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    Each barre class is roughly 45 to 60 minutes and designed to be a full-body, muscle endurance workout (as I've definitely experienced). Typically, they're broken into different sections that focus ...