All muscle cells share several properties: contractility, excitability, extensibility, and elasticity: Contractility is the ability of muscle cells to forcefully shorten.

7 Tips for Healthy Bones

• Eat lots of vegetables.
• Perform strength training.
• Add D to your day.
• Start weight-bearing exercises.
• Don’t smoke and don’t drink excessively.
• Get your bone mineral density tested.
• Consider medication.

Your bones need calcium, vitamin D, and exercise to stay strong. Avoid smoking, and limit alcohol. Smoking and heavy alcohol use can make your bones thinner….Prevent osteoporosis

1. Eat foods rich in calcium.
2. Eat foods rich in vitamin D.
3. Talk to your doctor about how much calcium and vitamin D you should take.

Muscles allow a person to move, speak, and chew. They control heartbeat, breathing, and digestion. Other seemingly unrelated functions, including temperature regulation and vision, also rely on the muscular system.

There are 5 major properties to the muscular system.

• Excitable or Irritable.
• Contractible.
• Extensible.
• Elasticity.
• Adaptability.

The muscular system is a complex network of muscles vital to the human body. Muscles play a part in everything you do. They control your heartbeat and breathing, help digestion, and allow movement. Muscles, like the rest of your body, thrive when you exercise and eat healthily.

Common primary diseases of the muscular system include inflammatory myopathies, such as polymyositis and dermatomyositis, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rhabdomyolysis, and cardiomyopathy, among others.

Keeping your muscles healthy will help you to be able to walk, run, jump, lift things, play sports, and do all the other things you love to do. Exercising, getting enough rest, and eating a balanced diet will help to keep your muscles healthy for life.

Signs and symptoms Symptoms of muscle disease may include muscular weakness, rigidity, loss of muscular control, numbness, tingling, twitching, spasms, muscle pain and certain types of limb pain.

Physiatrists, also known as a physical medicine or rehabilitation doctors. Orthopedic specialists, medical doctors (MDs) trained to treat musculoskeletal conditions, especially surgically. Neurologists, MDs trained in brain diseases and conditions, some of which can cause muscle pain.

Electromyography. An electrode needle is inserted into the muscle to be tested. Electrical activity is measured as you relax and as you gently tighten the muscle. Changes in the pattern of electrical activity can confirm a muscle disease.

resting the area of the body where you’re experiencing aches and pains. taking an over-the-counter pain reliever, such as ibuprofen (Advil) applying ice to the affected area to help relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

How is muscle pain managed or treated?

1. Rest and elevate the painful area.
2. Alternate between ice packs to reduce inflammation and heat to improve blood flow.
3. Soak in a warm bath with Epsom salts or take a warm shower.
4. Take over-the-counter pain relievers (aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen).

Types of neuromuscular disorders include:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
• Multiple sclerosis.
• Muscular dystrophy.
• Myasthenia gravis.
• Myopathy.
• Myositis, including polymyositis and dermatomyositis.
• Peripheral neuropathy.

Neuromuscular diseases affect the function of muscles due to problems with the nerves and muscles in your body. The most common sign of these diseases is muscle weakness. Mayo Clinic neurologists provide comprehensive evaluation of these diseases, including electrodiagnostic studies and other tests.

In addition to reduced muscle mass, symptoms of muscle atrophy include: having one arm or leg that is noticeably smaller than the others. experiencing weakness in one limb or generally. having difficulty balancing.

Lack of physical activity due to an injury or illness, poor nutrition, genetics, and certain medical conditions can all contribute to muscle atrophy. Muscle atrophy can occur after long periods of inactivity. If a muscle does not get any use, the body will eventually break it down to conserve energy.