1.   New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

2.   In Iyengar yoga, you do not build strength by holding and contracting the muscles, but by stretching.

3.   It only makes sense that we should stretch out before we practice or play and afterwards we should stretch again, because a keyboard workout contracts the muscles.

4.   The energy is tapped for such disparate tasks as building proteins, transmitting nerve impulses and contracting muscles.

5.   They are believed to result when an already contracted muscle is then further contracted, locking it in that overly contracted position.

6.   When frightened, they contract a muscle along the edge where the fur meets the spine.

7.   You can contract your muscles.

8.   A year later, Holley has regained pain sensation in her right leg, can contract some muscles in her legs and can curl her toes.

9.   For the pelvic musculature, simply contract these muscles upwards while in bed.

10.   Since coming out of the coma, he has undergone operations to remove the blood clots in his head and eyes and needs surgery to release contracted muscles.