Muscle Health Guide: Stretches, Vitamins & Recovery Tips

Optimal muscle health depends on consistent stretching, essential vitamins for tendons, and effective recovery from soreness. Learn the best PNF techniques and stretches for major muscle groups to prevent injury and loss of tone.

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What Causes Muscle Loss?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Lisa Mooney

There are many causes for the deterioration of muscles. Muscle wasting, or atrophy, occurs in two basic forms: disuse atrophy in which the muscles waste away due to lack of exercise, and neurogenic atrophy, which is muscle deterioration due to disease or injury.