Microtrauma to muscle fibres and an inflammatory response involving prostaglandins, cytokines and reactive oxygen species contribute to pain and swelling.3 While DOMS has been widely investigated in ...

The microtrauma-based discomfort is known as DOMS, short for delayed-onset muscle soreness. You might feel it most between 24 and 48 hours after the workout—and for as long as three to five days.

The researchers diagnosed levator avulsion in 32 (13%) of the women who delivered vaginally and in none of those who had a cesarean section. A multivariate regression analysis showed that forceps ...

Low-key riders aren’t off the hook, though, for microtrauma-induced impotence through nerve and vascular damage. (If your jewels just receded in fear right there, you’re not alone.) ...