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Muscle Atrophy

The loss or wasting of muscle tissue is called muscle atrophy. A lack of mobility, usually due to an injury or disease, is the cause. The other common causes of muscle atrophy are aging, excessive drinking, burns, malnutrition, stroke, and spinal cord injuries.

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How to stop losing muscle mass in the body?

Query: Hi doctor, I did exercises to relax and tighten the neck muscles. The exercises that I did has affected my entire body. I have lost muscle mass all over my body, and I have gained muscles in thighs and all the wrong places. I eat apples to stop muscle loss, as I read that eating apple stops muscula...  Read Full »


Shakti Mishra

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Can you tell me what kind of exercises you did that resulted in such a situation? If you did exercises of the neck, then it cannot move the muscles on gluteus or back. I suggest you try doing the following. Go for a full body checkup. Stop doing exercises abruptly. Have...  Read Full »

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