Those stiff, painful spots can take up to two weeks to go away on their own. Sophie Walster/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a ...

Trigger point dry needling has an ominous name which sounds quite barbaric at first notice. However, looking at the history and the results with this technique, one would have to come to the ...

Imagine you've just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all you're able to go about the rest of your day just fine. The next morning, you wake up and ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Imagine you’ve just completed a tough upper-body workout. Your muscles feel a bit tired, but all in all you’re able to go about the rest of ...

You know those knots you get in your neck and shoulders? Those are called trigger points. Trigger points can form in any muscle if that muscle is suddenly or overly used. If you have a lot of them, ...

Trigger point dry needling has an ominous name which sounds quite barbaric at first notice. However, looking at the history and the results with this technique, one would have to come to the ...

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An exercise physiologist explains what those tight little lumps are and how to get rid of them. By Zachary Gillen / The Conversation | Published Aug 5, 2022 6:00 PM EDT This article was originally ...