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 ...

It's almost second-nature for me to grab or tug at the nagging muscle knot that lives on my upper back — but shifting my impulse to more of a massaging movement could have a better outcome. While ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Usually, the prospect of a good pummelling isn’t something that would appeal to us, however, after a long session at the gym, or a long day of sitting at a desk, the percussive effects of the best ...

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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