Movement Mondays EP|5 What does it mean to have 'overactive' muscles or chronically tight muscles?

Movement Mondays EP|5

What does it truly mean to have "overactive" muscles? Too many times we have patients coming in saying they were told they have overactive muscles and that is what is causing their pain or issues. While we are not denying that the muscles may be tight we are simply trying to encourage you to consider why?

Muscles do not contract unless instructed to by the nervous system.

So why is the nervous system constantly sending the muscle a signal?

Maybe it is stress, maybe there was an injury there that was never address and the muscles are guarding, maybe the nerves are under tension and they need to muscles to prevent further stretching, maybe the way you move is inefficient and those muscles are forced to work inefficiently.

As you can see there is no one answer, you need to find out for yourself what it is for you and maybe we can help...

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