Muscle Pain, the Most Common Pain
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Muscle pain, sometimes also called myofascial pain, is the most common cause of chronic pain. It is triggered by muscles getting stuck in the shortened position. These tight muscles then hurt.
Low energy in the muscles is what drives this. It takes more energy for a muscle to relax than it does to contract. This may seem counterintuitive. But think about what happens after you do a heavy workout, draining your muscles of energy. You don’t come home and say, “Honey my muscles are all loose and limp.” Instead, you ask for a shoulder rub because your muscles are tight.
Overusing certain muscles can cause pain. When a muscle is chronically tight, it is also constantly pulling on the tendon that attaches it to the bone. Which can trigger tendinitis.
The energy crisis present in fibromyalgia triggers widespread muscle shortening and pain. This triggers a “pain cascade” of inflammation, brain pain and nerve pain.
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