Tricyclics can relax painful muscles and heighten the effects of endorphins - the body's natural painkillers.

The cramps were in the muscles of his thighs now - rhythmic and painful.

A strained abdominal muscle, small but intensely painful, knocked him out of 22 games in the 1997-98 season.

Then, one painful muscle after another, he pulled himself upright.

Fibromyalgia is a common condition that causes painful muscles.

He got up, put a hand to an especially painful muscle in his back, and limped over to where McCoy lay.

And now, from eating and napping, she'd recovered energy enough to begin healing her painful muscles.

Your physical therapist will show you the proper way to stretch painful muscles to get optimal relief.

At the same time, massage the painful muscle until it releases.

As well, proximal diabetic neuropathy causes painful muscle wasting and weakness.