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Onofrio, J. (2010, May 25). //Muscle tension? are you tense//. Retrieved from http://www.massageseattle.net/muscle-tension.html

1.) Muscle's work to support the joints and help move the bones to create movement. 2.) Muscle's are the bodies stabilizers and help maintain posture. 3.) A tight muscle is really just a muscle contraction that fails to release for a multitude of reasons and becomes a spasm or knot in the muscle. 4.) Tight muscles are weak muscles. 5.) Tight muscle tension unhealthy and can contribute to many other problems like headaches, plantar faciaiitis, tmj problems, herniated discs and other things like carpal tunnel syndrome. 6.) A tight muscle has a greater risk of injury when asked to move. 7.) Excessive tension can lead to pain in the muscle tissues and constrict the flow of blood and nutrients. 8.) Using the muscles to their fullest capacity can also help a muscle relax. 9.) When you are tense it can also cause a cascading effect of emotions such as anxiety and depression. 10.) A tense muscle also uses more energy and can lead to feeling fatigued. 11.) Muscle tension begins with messages from the brain to contract certain fibers in your body. 12.) Ideally, your brain only signals specific muscles to contract when you want to walk across the room, pick up a book, turn your head, or chew your food. This is good or useful tension. 13.) Chronic stress leads your brain to forget to release tension in certain muscles when contractions are no longer needed. 14.) Stress leads your brain to contract muscles of your body that it doesn't need to activate for particular tasks. 15.) A better way is to allow your muscles to turn off by learning not to send "tense" messages from your brain to your muscles except when they are truly needed.