Tight muscle groups can result in acute injuries like hamstring strains, as well as muscle imbalances which result in movement dysfunctions and eventual overuse injuries.
If you connect the two
tight muscle groups and the two weakened muscle groups with two straight lines, they form a cross shape, giving the condition its name.
The result can be
tight muscle groups and some imbalances that predispose to certain injuries and orthopedic conditions, like low back pain, patellar pain syndrome and hamstring pulls.»
Not exact matches
While sitting at your desk, focus on a
muscle group that feels especially
tight.
Find a
muscle group where you carry a lot of stress (neck, back and shoulders are common areas) and tense them as
tight as you can, count to three, release.
In addition, the piriformis
muscle dysfunction may overlap with a variety of other problems, such as gluteus medius dysfunction, herniated or bulging disks, pelvic stress fractures,
tight adductor
muscle group, limb length difference,
tight medial hamstrings and the aforementioned ineffective gluteus maximus.
What you'll notice in these compensations is that they're almost always paired
muscles groups, meaning that the agonist (the one responsible for the action in the compensation) is
tight and the antagonist (the opposing
muscle group) is weak.
It allows you to actively release
tight muscles by reciprocal inhibition, work systematically and safely through your range of motion, activate large
muscle groups, and raise body temperature.
This is somewhat obvious but spending greater time in the stretched position while staying
tight and learning how to co-contract reciprocal
muscle groups (during eccentric lengthening) is one of the most effective methods for enhancing mobility.
Flexibility is specific to individual joints, so it is possible to have some joints and
muscle groups which are mobile and flexible, while others are
tight and inflexible.
This Rockstar leg workout is designed to tone and shape all major
muscle groups, so you get nice toned legs and a
tight tush.
The quads are a important
muscle group, and one that is often
tight after exercise or work.
Although I had no trouble using the Grid on all the major
muscle groups I use a traditional foam roller on, it was a
tight fit across my upper back and shoulders, and I suspect others will have similar issues.
If you focus on inhibiting and stretching all the little
tight muscles and tendons which impact tension in your lower back, then take the time to strengthen the supporting
muscle groups and develop proper posture / form, you may be surprised how quickly your age - old back problems disappear!
The average person who works out is most likely ignoring this
muscle group altogether and is perhaps entirely unaware of just how wound up and
tight it can get, eventually causing lower back pain.
Your traps are constantly under some type of tension when you train pretty much any other
muscle group and may, over time, become
tighter and
tighter.
The main reason behind that is t that these
muscle groups tend to develop a lot of
tight spots.
That is one of the things that we're going to be specifically working on and looking at in this next webinar: which are the
muscle groups that are
tight and short and how the fascia that goes along with those
muscles needs to be stretched and lengthened back out.
BODY: A
tight torso, flexing with a million
muscle groups.