WHY ARE MY MUSCLES ALWAYS
TIGHT AND PAINFUL

It’s important to know that chronic muscle tightness or spasms are simply a Reaction to a stressor that is being placed on your body.

What is it?

  • There is a reason you will have “knots” or “spasms” within the same area chronically.
  • Muscle spasms are a sign that:
  • A specific muscle group is being overworked
  • Those muscles are use to help to stabilize a dysfunctioning area of the body
  • The muscles are responding to a dysfunctional stimuli.
  • Muscle’s can have increased or decreased tone, this tone is based of off receptors that are built into the muscle tissue that relay information to the spinal cord, and also receive information from the spinal cord.  Based off the information sent from/ received by the receptors, the tone of the muscle will change.
  • Muscles need to be balanced, any imbalance can lead to pain and dysfunction.
  • If you have chronic muscle pain, there is a reason that it keeps recurring.  It is then critical to find the source of the problem.

What to do

  • 1) Notice and track the area’s that consistently give you problems.
  • 2) Second, try simple Myofascial release or massages to see if it is a short term tension or muscle adhesion.
  • 3) Third, visit a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist and have them assess posture, spinal curvatures, movement patterns, or spinal misalignments that may be leading to the chronic tension or muscle imbalance.
  • 4) Origin/Insertion techniques (performed by Doctors) may be applied to assist the spindle receptors into relaxing the muscle fibers themselves.
  • 5) Heat also helps to relax muscle tissue, and bring blood flow to the area.  Blood flow is a healing agent, and therefore is essential in healing strained muscle tissue.
  • 6) Make sure you do not have any chemical imbalance-The big 3 to Supplement with are Potassium and Magnesium, and calcium.  
  • 7) Re-hydrate.  Make sure you are drinking plenty of water (8, 8 ounce glasses per day)
  • 8) Pay attention to what type of activities that may bother or flare up your tightness/muscle spasms, this can be a good indicator of improper or dysfunctional movement patterns you may have, and can help your Chiropractor/PT in determine how to best fix the problem. 
  • Remember: The goal is to find out what is leading to the muscle spasm/dysfunction so you can fix the problem and not just mask it with muscle relaxers.
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