help please! is creatine any good for building muscle?

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Does creatine actually do anything for muscle building?

Answer 1

Use appropriately : Creatine is naturally found in the body and is important in the process of supplying the energy for muscles to work.When used appropriately, can be helpful in refueling the muscle immediately after a work out.However, one of the side effects is drawing water into the muscle tissue and out of circulation basically causing a relative dehydration.Muscle cramping, stomach cramping and nausea can occur.

Answer 2

Very common: The demands of pregnancy will alter body composition and muscle tone. Elevated Progesterone is one main culprit. Increase in appetite, a change in metabolism, and increase in weight are common to support the demands of your growing baby. Fat storage will also increase. Don't be discouraged, keep up a level of physical activity, and you will be amazed with the changes expected after you deliver.

Answer 3

Exercising?: Are you exercising as much as you were prior to pregnancy or did you stop?

Answer 4

Yoga: Try yoga, gentle stretching, deep breathing, warm bath, meditation, regular exercise, massage and acupuncture. All these treatments can help reduce pain.

Answer 5

Muscle Pain: Regular exercise at reasonable intensities should help you condition your muscles so that you do not feel unnecessary pain. If your pain continues consult with an exercise physiologist. My best.

Answer 6

Endurance/strength: Unless you have a neuromuscular disease, strength and endurance training will allow you to function without pain. Muscle tightness can be improved with ice/heat and gentle stretching. See a physiatrist to diagnose the cause of your pain and to give you an individualized treatment plan.

Answer 7

Do not over use them: Do not misuse them , avoid trauma and injury . Under normal circumstance in the absence of muscular , neurologic or endocrinological or toxic metabolic disturbances , you should not have painful muscle . If you spontaneously develop muscle pain , please see your pcp. Good luck.

Answer 8

Depends...: Why are your muscles in pain ? Your md can determine the cause and help solve your problem.Is your exercise routine at fault ?

Answer 9

Heat : Moist heat and keep hydrated with an appropriate electrolyte balanced drink.

Answer 10

Trigger Points: Trigger points are focal areas of muscle fibers within a muscle that are hyper irritable. They are felt to be small areas of contracted muscles located within taut bands of muscle. When these trigger points are pressed they produce pain locally and can cause referred pain to a different site.

Answer 11

The nerves: Als or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( or "lou gehrig's disease") is a disease in which the motor nerves in the brain, or in the spinal cord degenerate and die, leaving the muscles weakened. This is progressive and results in paralysis and even death over time. The rate of progression varies with the kind of ALS and the patient. Although the disease is not curable patients benefit from support.

Answer 12

Nerves: Als is a disease of the nerves, affecting the central nervous system and lower motor neurons. Since nerves ultimately supply muscles, you see the muscles being affected, but that pathology lies in the nervous system.

Answer 13

Anterior horn cells: Als is a disease that affects nerve cells in the anterior horn (front) of the spinal cord. This is the location of nerve cells that form the 'lower circuit' to the muscles of the face, neck, spine, arms, and legs. It results in a mix of symptoms including weakness and paralysis, spasticity and muscle spasms, hyperactive reflexes, as well as muscle twitching (fasciculations), and atrophy.

Answer 14

Nerve: Specifically, affects the motor nerve cell in brain and spinal cord.

Answer 15

Muscle Strength: Pain in the joints will cause you to use the arm or leg less. That is why mild exercise is important to keeping your strength, and your function. Using some mild, over-the-counter pain medication, tylenol, (acetaminophen) naprosyn, Ibuprofen to reduce the pain, will help you to stay active, and keep your strength.

Answer 16

Maybe! : When muscles pull, tendons and ligaments can hurt, as the joint(s) with arthritis. The body can have problems localizing pain!

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