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  2. How to Prevent and Treat Painful Muscle Knots in Your Back - AOL

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    Lie facedown, arms out to sides and legs straight. Bend right knee, lifting foot toward ceiling. Gently rotate hips to the left as you drop right foot toward outside of left hip.

  3. Foam roller - Wikipedia

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    A foam roller is a lightweight, cylindrical tube of elastomeric foam used for massaging one's own muscles. [1] The roller is placed between the target muscle and the ground, and is rolled back and forth, using body weight for pressure. It may be used for many reasons, including increasing flexibility, reducing soreness, and eliminating muscle ...

  4. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    Activation of trigger points may be caused by a number of factors, including acute or chronic muscle overload, activation by other trigger points (key/satellite, primary/secondary), disease, psychological distress (via systemic inflammation), homeostatic imbalances, direct trauma to the region, collision trauma (such as a car crash which stresses many muscles and causes instant trigger points ...

  5. What are muscle knots? - AOL

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    Those stiff, painful spots can take up to two weeks to go away on their own. Sophie Walster/iStock via Getty Images PlusImagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles ...

  6. Myofascial pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Localized muscle pain; Trigger points that activate the pain (MTrPs) Generally speaking, the muscular pain is steady, aching, and deep. Depending on the case and location the intensity can range from mild discomfort to excruciating and "lightning-like". Knots may be visible or felt beneath the skin.

  7. 5 Ways to Relieve Painful Muscle Knots - AOL

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  8. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    It involves the use of either solid filiform needles [4] or hollow-core hypodermic needles for therapy of muscle pain, including pain related to myofascial pain syndrome. Dry needling is mainly used to treat myofascial trigger points, but it is also used to target connective tissue, neural ailments, and muscular ailments.

  9. What to Do About Stubborn, Painful Muscle Knots ... - AOL

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