Muscle knots are hard, sensitive areas of muscles that tighten and contract even when the muscle is at rest. These tense muscle fibers can cause pain in other parts of the body when touched. Muscle ...

Yoga for Flexibility: Daily Stretching to Ease Pain and Muscle Tension If you spend long hours sitting in front of a computer screen, you’re not alone in facing muscle stiffness, body aches, and ...

Depending on the cause, physical therapy, massage, stretching, yoga, relaxation, heat, or other therapies may help release chronically tight muscles. Various factors can cause chronically tight or ...

There are various natural ways to help relax muscles. These include eating cherries, blueberries, and curcumin, which have anti-inflammatory properties. Magnesium may also help with muscle ...

Epsom salt baths have been around forever—your grandmother used them, athletes swear by them, and wellness circles treat them ...

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Muscle tightness is a feeling you’ll know all too well if you’ve pushed yourself that little bit harder while training. Some consider it to be the hallmark of a full-blooded workout while to others, ...

Exercises, yoga poses, and stretches may help relieve tightness in your lower back by increasing flexibility and strength. You can do these lying down, sitting, standing, or kneeling. A tight lower ...

Many of us will be all too familiar with muscle knots. They’re essentially sore spots that form when bands of muscle become tight and sensitive. You may experience pain all the time or only when you ...