Muscles Tightness Explained: Why Muscle Tightness is NOT What You Think
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- Muscle Tightness Explained: Why Muscle Tightness is NOT what you think!
The 4 Reasons Why A Muscle Feels Tight
Before we start talking about what is right and wrong. We first need to appreciate what "tightness" really is, so we can discuss the potential reasons why one may choose a particular intervention over another. Hint: It's not as simple as long or short, stretch and strengthen! Watch the video to learn the 4 reasons why a muscle ACTUALLY could be perceived as tight!
Ultimately people feel the need for stretching because of "tightness".
The problem here is that "tightness" is just a sensation, and a muscle can be perceived as "tight" for a variety of reasons. Before we discuss these reasons, it is important to note that bones and joints act, and muscles react!
Said differently, your body is always manipulating position. We are never stagnant creatures, it's called postural sway! When asked to stand perfectly still we cannot. This is because our body is constantly interacting with gravity and manipulating it around our center of mass. As such we are always moving and always using a variety of strategies to either create (over coming contraction) or control movement (yielding movement).
There are really three reasons someone would feel "tight":
Reason 1) A muscle is concentrically oriented or in a state where the tissue sustains contraction at low levels for a prolonged time period.
Reason 2) A muscle is eccentrically oriented or where the tissue sustains a yielding contraction trying to prevent/stop/or reverse movement
Reason 3) As a protective mechanism to create rigidity or control depending on the environment, task, and situation. Example: think driving in a snowstorm how the external environment can create uncertainty or lack of control. As a means of creating more internal perception of control the body starts to grip the steering wheel tightly. Essentially creating co-contraction and rigidity around the joint to restrict movement.
Bonus Reason #4) You just performed an intense workout, and as a result there was some eccentric micro trauma to the musculature which occurred. Your intent is that stimulus hopefully results in recovery and net gain of strength/hypertrophy in the long run when programed correctly. However, acutely there will be restricted movement as the body repairs.
Notice in all the above scenarios, stretching may not be the most advantageous thing to be doing.
Perhaps the biggest issue is that many people's current understanding is that muscles either get "long" or they get "short". While this is a simplistic way of viewing things, it does not do the body justice and it leads to confusion when we talk about proper application.
If muscles truly got longer, then we would develop a lot of "slack" in muscle tissue as the distance between origin and insertion of the muscle do not change unless the individual is growing and the bones are elongating.
So the ability to stretch further does NOT make muscles longer. It simply just builds increased tolerance to an eccentrically oriented position. Which may not be beneficial for tissue that is already oriented in an eccentric fashion! Remember, bones/joints act and muscles respond based upon ones center of mass, gravity, and the task.
While I do not have an issue with stretching concentrically oriented tissue. I do believe that controlled eccentric training to that musculature is probably more useful simply because it requires more coordination and control over ones center of mass and gravity.
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Hey Greg, would you say that massage is pretty useless apart from making someone feel better during the massage and for a few minutes after?
I don't know if I would call it useless. Some forms of manual therapy I think are more impactful than others. But someone dealing with an acute overload it can be helpful to minimize soreness and keep activity levels high if desired. Someone dealing with chronic issues, it can act as a way to allow you to do things with more comfort more frequently and help kick start progress in tricky cases.
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Please make video about which sport is good for weak back and abdominal muscles.
Swimming or yoga which is better for weak body and less risk for injury...much love from Sweden❤
Bmx is good but its take alot of time and its extreme. You can do like lay on your belly on ground or matras and put your hands on head then pull your self like expiriment with it on ground and situps if you have strong press then it will help you from dmg lower back bmx good swimming also super good it heals you.
My upper back, neck and shoulder muscles are in a constant "guarded" state of tightness. What can you suggest to ease the tension?
You may have "Ligament laxity" which can be treated with prolotherapy injections.
Me to how lo g have yours been like this
I've got this how is yours now
strengthen your upper back using weight ,trust me it works
Ashiatsu massage!!
My name is Anne Marie , Sydney Australia when I get up to walk my muscles neck back legs arms stiffen the neck muscles get so stiff I am in terrible pain can you please give me some information thanks 🙏
Hi Anne, sorry to hear about your struggles. I can't give specific recommendation to you because I have never met or assessed you. As such any information I give, is just general advice and you can do at your own discretion. The youtube channel has a lot of video suggestions. Feel free to look around. If youd like personalized help online - email me at greg@sportsrehabexpert.com and we can discussion options.
Check out Dr schubiner TMS you have tms
Very useful, thanks
Glad you found it useful!
can a muscle become short as a result of too much yielding forces? I am thinking of the the hip abductors in a externally rotated,hip abducted position (where they are short and contracted) and have to yield the forces as the hip goes into flexion. And as a response become short over time. if we keep doing this over time ,dynamic stretching before and then loading yielding forces in such a position then do they become short?
yielding (eccentric) would be lengthening not shortening
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I am taking some medicine for my back pain, since then my leg muscles are getting stiff! Is this normal or can someone help me?
Pain is normal and experienced by many. Taking medication for it can sometimes be helpful. But you should not remain in pain nor need to deal with pain for a prolonged period. Helpful, relatively pain free movement should be encourage. You should find someone in your area to help you specifically. If you prefer online help you can go to sportsrehabexpert.com and look at our workouts/rehab programs as a starting point.
i amc curious what type on contracton and forces is happening on the concentric and eccentric portion of the bench press to the rotator cuff scapular muscles if we were to bench press in the scapular plane kind of like a reverse grip bench press in a retracted and depressed position. elbows in on the descent and elbows out on the concentric.
I tend to have one arm more tence than the other I have bad anxiety and for some reason of my arms always tence up and then my arm feels weak and also my hands have been so tence for weeks through stress and worry that now they seem to shake when I get stressed and use them x
Hi Dawn, stress and anxiety can definitely cause muscles to tense as a protective mechanism. Our thoughts definitely influence us physically and how we feel physically definitely influence us emotionally. We are body and mind and cannot separate the two. I use the analogy of driving in a snow storm feeling stressed about the conditions, many people grip the steering wheel tightly and start creating a lot of tension reflexively. This phenomenon can happen with any type of stress.
@@sportsrehabexperts makes sense because I was driving more when stressed and tencing up wile driving caused me to have aching hands and forearms would hurt when I turned my wrist .. I have have two mri scans bloods and other tests and normal so these weird symptoms with my arms and hands hopefully is just anxiety x
I'm going to die.. my muscles are crushing me to death.12 years and 2 back surgeries later i want out of this prison body 🥺
Feeling my muscle too tight. Dr replies that’s what u feel but it’s too loose and referred me to physiotherapist lol am here to understand how I feel it’s tight & he sees from my results it’s too loose ? Lower back muscles - thanks loved the video
Glad you found the video useful!
My thigh muscles tight when weather is cold.then I felt sleepy and feeling of heavy thighs .
Saba, How u doing now? I have same problem, But A lot more ... ? Did u see any doctors, or get any permanent cure or releif ??
My body i s weak
Makes so much sense.
Glad you found it helpful Carmen
I have an impingement and I doubt that my chest, lats are tight
So is it better to start training them (with good form eccentrically ) to get red of the tightness? 😨
Likely that would be a good bet! However when you talk about the thorax, the rib cage plays a big role in improving "mobility". Your ability to expand and compress the thorax from a respiratory stand point also play a roll in "stretching" the orientation of the muscle eccentrically/concentrically. Think like pumping up a tire or flattening a tire. You can change length tension relationships or "stretch" the body from the inside out with attention to respiration.
My muscles get tight after workout
Very common and normal to feel muscle tightness after workout for 24 hour - 48 hour afterwards. That being said, im not sure the extent of tightness you are describing. As with anything there are extremes.
@@sportsrehabexperts It goes away about 5 hours, no soreness until next day sometimes..thanks
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Turn on your CC (closed captions) or learn English
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