Those stiff, painful spots can take up to two weeks to go away on their own. Sophie Walster/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Imagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all you’re able to go about the rest of ...

Imagine you've just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all you're able to go about the rest of your day just fine. The next morning, you wake up and ...

Mike: So it used to be called strain, counter strain, and now it is called positional release technique. Instead of aggressively stretching the painful area, going the opposite direction, and digging ...

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On and off for what seems like forever, a muscle knot has tormented the same exact spot on my upper back — right above my shoulder blade, just to the left of my neck. The dull pain makes me fidgety, ...

Muscle knots can develop for a number of reasons—maybe work has you stressed out, poor desk posture has you hunched over, or that last gym session didn’t go well. Muscle knot causes aside, there’s no ...

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An exercise physiologist explains what those tight little lumps are and how to get rid of them. By Zachary Gillen / The Conversation | Published Aug 5, 2022 6:00 PM EDT This article was originally ...

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