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Suggest asking them what "safe" means and how do they know.

Researchers have been trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine for a very, very long time. Remember SARS? Remember MERS? During...

A tendon attaches a muscle to a bone. Muscles powered by the nervous system control movement. For shoulder external rotation, the infrapinatus, teres minor, and posterior deltoid muscles are...

Excess weight is some combination of fat and fluid. How both distribute on the body are dependent on genetics, hormones, and aging. A "real skinny" person with a protruding gut may also have a...

A village of Hasidic Jews in NY is experiencing a high rate of COVID-19 infection. A doctor there decided to treat patients with shortness of breath or high risk patients with mild symptoms using a...

If you don't mind my asking, what's the name of the muscle weakness condition you have?

If you're still making strength gains, suggest continuing on. If not, go ahead and cut. Your body looks better at this higher weight, but it's difficult to tell how much is new muscle until some of...

Looks like poor posture or weak abdominals. When lifting, do you engage your torso muscles? Did your body change much in the past year?

Your body is retaining water.

The back of the head is the worst place to get hit because it literally moves the brain inside the skull. There are far too many possible symptoms to list them all here. They may not appear for...

Don't make light of a neck and head injury. Suggest seeing an urgent care or ER doctor immediately. (S)he should look in your eyes/ears/throat and order imaging to check out your head and neck. ...

Whenever we sit or stand, the weight of our bodies and whatever else we're supporting goes thru the hips. My guess is you need to correct imbalances.

Suggest asking your doctor for a referral to...

Hand and wrist injuries usually do not heal properly by themselves. Surgery is extremely common for this part of the body especially in older people.

Your problem seems to be in finding a...

The best, or one of the best, exercises for building a strong core are weighted carries. Moving in different planes both strengthens and balances these muscles.

Start out very light -- 5 lb...

Okay. Some of my clients were yo-yo dieters and bad bingers for years. All of them led very stressful lives. A subset created this on their own.

The extra weight gained turned out to be water...

Do you experience a lot of stress in life?

Suggest seeing a physical therapist. Force that person to check out everything from head to feet including posture. You need to spend some time doing rehab work to correct imbalances. A PT has the...

Suggest experimenting to see what you're capable of doing and whether or not it works. I've met folks who successfully built beautiful bodies straying from the norm. What worked excellent for them...

"Rapid" weight gain in the abdominal area (or anywhere) is usually caused by water accumulation there. If you aren't intentionally overeating, suggest seeing a doctor for a health checkup. There...

Sciatica refers to the pain coming from the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back through the butt and hips then down both legs. Usually, the pain is only on one side and does not need to...

Never work through pain or an injury. As a novice, don't do 1 rep maxes.

Ligaments attach bones to other bones. Perhaps you meant a tendon is creating the clicking? Possible.

Since you...