For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

What Is Tibialis Anterior Tendonitis? Your anterior tibial tendon is the part of your foot that controls movement as it touches the ground, pulls up from the ground, or turns the foot inward. Tendons ...

Tight calves and shin splints are common issues runners face. But they shouldn’t be the only areas you pay attention to in your lower legs. If you’re ignoring a small stabilizing muscle called the ...

Muscle testing is also known as applied kinesiology (AK) or manual muscle testing (MMT). It is an alternative medicine practice that claims to effectively diagnose structural, muscular, chemical, and ...

Background Recent evidence has suggested that corticospinal excitability alterations are present in the surrounding ankle musculature in individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI). However, ...