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So why would a muscle feel tight even if it is physically loose?

I will use pain to explain a little. Pain can exist even in the absence of tissue damage, because pain result from the perception of threat, and perception does not always match reality. Pain is essentially an alarm and alarm sometimes go off even when there is no real damager.

Perhaps a similar logic is involved in the feeling of tightness. The feeling happens when we unconsciously perceive ( rightly or wrongly) that there is threatening condition in the muscles that need a movement correction.

So what is the threatening condition that a feeling of tightness is trying to warn us about? Surely it is not just the presence of tension.

Muscles are made to create tension and we often feel tightness in the muscles even when there are almost completely relaxed.

So the tension is not a threat but the absence of adequate rest and adequate blood flow is a threat which could cause metabolic stress.

So the problem that the feeling of tightness is trying to warn us about is not the existence of tension but the frequency of tension or the lack of blood flow especially to the nerves which are very blood thirsty

With this in mind, I will say that the feeling of tightness is variety of pain, perhaps a pain too mild to call pain. But it is bothersome and has a certain character that motivates an interest in changing resting posture or moving around or stretching..

Which is different from certain pain, which often want to make you keep still. I will say that pain is warning us to not move certain area, while tightness is warning us to get moving.

Will continue on how to manage tightness and pain.

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