Sentences with phrase «very tight muscles»

Unlike normal, maintenance stretching, developmental stretches are held for at least 30 seconds, but you can hold them for much longer (e.g. up to 2 minutes for very tight muscles).

Sometimes, students also experience a deep release in very tight muscles, like hamstrings, hip flexors and muscles of the chest and this can lead to soreness too.

Muscle tone is also a significant factor: if you have very tight muscles your pregnancy belly may not be as obvious as that of a woman who has looser muscles, or one who has previously given birth.

Not exact matches

These are the very same muscles that are most often tight in cases of Torticollis, resulting in a head tilt and turn to one side.

This causes your hips to externally rotate and muscles in the butt (a muscle called the «Piriformis») to become very tight.

The process relieves pain caused by shin splints and IT band syndrome, both of which are very common in runners, and more generally, usually clears up problems caused by tight fascia and muscles.

The reason for this is that any weight - bearing sport or physical activity that involves repeating of rapid dynamic movements produces tension on the lower back, and without proper stretching, these overused muscles become very tight and increasingly prone to injury in the long run.

Today, our rotator cuffs and upper back muscles are weaker than ever, and this common issue poses a serious threat in the gym, where many bodybuilders are looking to squat as heavy as possible and use overhead pressing to develop strong upper bodies, disregarding the fact that these two compound exercises require a very tight and stable upper back.

It's done by squeezing the muscle in a very tight wrap and then forcing it through a full range of motion (on basic movements) for about two minutes.

The low cobra strengthens the back, opens the chest and stretches the hip flexors (the muscles that get very tight and stiff from being bent in a seated position).

Many IC patients find that their pelvic floor muscles are very tight.

At the very opening of your stomach is a tight band of muscle shaped like a ring that relaxes and contracts to let food in — it's called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).

In general, the full spectrum of muscle function can range from very loose muscles that are grossly weak with no perceivable contraction, to the other extreme of hypertonic or very tight, spastic muscles.

At the very least: roll your neck, and stretch your pecs and quads — the muscles that get tight from sitting all day.

I have to tell you that it can also be very painful especially if you have a lot of tight muscles.

That is, many people develop very tight, overly - contracted hamstring muscles (in the back of the thigh), when they don't use their toes and full foot and ankle range of motion during gait.

This final method is called sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, which sounds complicated but is actually very simple to understand — it's that pumped up tight feeling that you get in your muscles if you do a load of reps (15 + reps generally).

Calf muscles tend to be very tight and knotted when active people do not perform regular stretching and rolling.

my hips pop up and my lower back arches up due to apparently my very weak core muscles and tight flexors, even though i've been regularly working out for two years now.

And skinny legs with very less muscle mass may not appear good in short skirts, booty shorts or tight jeans.

It may be wise to avoid this exercise if you have any shoulder or scapular injuries; or if you have excessively tight upper back muscles and very weak / overstretched front delts and chest muscles (though this is rare).

Two reasons: my lumbo - pelvic - hip complex has been really tight / cranky and these movements seem to help, and my leg workout last week didn't hit these accessory muscles very well.

All of this added up to a very sore tail bone and tight pelvic floor muscles and a lot of time to think about how travelling can affect your pelvic health.

Very tight abdominal musculature - which can increase IAP and also pull away (think tight oblique muscles pulling on a diagonal away from the midline)

This stretch can be very useful for people who suffer from tight, aching muscles in the upper back and neck, such as those who work at a computer.

When you strength train with very heavy weights for low numbers of repetitions, you build incredibly DENSE, tight muscle.

If the strength athlete does not make an extra effort to loosen these muscles up after a run, he or she will be VERY tight the next time a leg workout needs to happen.

A trigger point massage is very similar to a sports massage, because it works to release and relax the tight fibres of the muscles which can become injured or strained from regular use or after an injury.

«I am almost 66 years old, very active, and have been suffering from femoral / patellar pain from tight muscles due to excessive hill hiking and backpacking.

Pitt's Metro Man is muscle - bound perfection in white tights, the protector of Metro City, which looks very much like downtown L.A. Fey's Roxanne is a TV reporter who tracks the good - versus - evil goings - on around town; Jonah Hill is her nerdy cameraman Hal, before an accidental shot of superpowers turns him into a very tightly wound supersized mistake named Tighten.

The paint quality is astonishing, the shut lines are tight and the muscle lines all over the car makes it look very tempting indeed.

His muscles seem very tight when touched and he trembles if picked up.

The packing strap that was embedded in Green Tie's neck in 2011 was so tight that as he grew, it cut through blubber and muscle, creating a very deep wound that caused the skin to fold over itself.