HERSHEY, Pa. — Did the simple act of clicking on this week’s Medical Minute make your arm ache?
Maybe you overdid it at the gym. Almost half of the adult U.S. population engages regularly in some sort of fitness activity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even if you aren’t among them, chances are you’ve at least once in your life experienced muscles sore enough to make tying your shoes or brushing your teeth an achy proposition. It’s enough to cause you to shoot a dirty look at anyone with the gall to offer sage advice like, “No pain, no gain.”
As it turns out, you can have gain without pain. Or at least not enough pain to ruin your day…