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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. What are muscle knots? - AOL

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    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 realize the back of your shoulder blade feels stiff. When ...

  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. Multifidus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The multifidus (multifidus spinae; pl.: multifidi) muscle consists of a number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi, which fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis. While very thin, the multifidus muscle plays an important role in stabilizing the joints within the spine.

  9. Rhomboid muscles - Wikipedia

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    There are two rhomboid muscles on each side of the upper back: [1] [2] [3] Rhomboid major muscle; Rhomboid minor muscle; The large rhombus-shaped muscle, located under the trapezius muscle, in the upper part of the thoracic region of the back, and the small muscle, in the same way, participate in the movement of the scapula. [4]