Muscles Knot Up Because They Are Weak
- By default, muscles maintain a certain level of tension.
- When a muscle weakens, that area starts to undergo fibrosis. It hardens. That is how it secures strength. This is what a muscle knot really is. When a muscle knots up, it gains passive tension. But it does not gain the tension needed for movement.
- So the knotted area actually needs strengthening exercises. Massaging it won't release it. The area was weak to begin with, so the body needed it and secured strength there through fibrosis.
- Don't try to fix everything that's knotted all at once. The body has been securing its stability this way for a long time.
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