EditorialVanessa Liu, an online fitness trainer and nutritionist, uses exercise bands to strengthen the muscles surrounding her shoulders, in San Francisco, April 2, 2022. (Cayce Clifford/The New York Times)
EditorialThere’s no magic bullet to knee health, but staying active and building muscles around the joint are crucial. (Patricia Voulgaris/The New York Times)
EditorialLittle has been known about how icing really affects sore, damaged muscles at a microscopic level but a new study in the Journal of Applied Physiology done in mice suggests that icing muscles after strenuous exercise is not just ineffective, it could be counterproductive. (Melody Melamed/The New York Times)