What are muscles and their cramps?

#084

Wait, muscles are biology right? Well they're also chemistry. And guess what, muscle soreness and cramps are also chemistry. And believe it or not, the mystery of muscle soreness is much bigger than you might expect. Check it out!

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References from this episode

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23614012/
2. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-leg-cramps/#:~:text=Traditionally%2C%20such%20cramping%20was%20believed,to%20have%20minimal%20scientific%20value
3. https://archivesphysiotherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40945-019-0073-4
4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620300168?via%3Dihub
5. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physiologyonline.2002.17.1.1
6. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.0c03456
7. Organic chemistry 11th edition Solomons fryhle and Snyder
8. Biochemistry, 4th edition, Garrett and Grisham

 

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