Specific exercises and activities prescribed by a therapist help to prevent muscles from deteriorating or becoming locked in position and help to improve coordination.

Beginning in childhood or adolescence, people with this condition experience bouts of sustained muscle tensing (myotonia) that prevent muscles from relaxing normally.

This therapy involves exercises to help prevent muscles from becoming smaller or shorter.

But regular strength training (with an OK from your doctor, of course) can keep you on your toes, prevent muscles from atrophying, and help you avoid falls and other accidents.

PAD prevents muscles from getting enough oxygen-rich blood, which can cause pain.

This will help to prevent sore muscles and is a way to unwind your body.

High in the antioxidant vitamin E, these flavorful nuts help prevent achy muscles.

When atherosclerotic plaques develop in the legs and arms, they prevent muscles from receiving the oxygen-rich blood that they need.

But creatine is not a hormone, and researchers say it does not stimulate growth or prevent muscles from breaking down under extreme training as anabolic steroids do.