Over-used muscles often are a result of acute conditions like pulls, tears, and collisions. Or they have an accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma) and don't have enough oxygen (hypoxia). In each of these conditions, your body will produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area.
This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. It can inhibit muscles from activating correctly. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.
Active Release Techniques is a patented technique that trains practitioners to break up these adhesions which will improve your mobility and function of these muscles.
