What is a muscle spasm? It’s an involuntary contraction of the muscle that is usually quite painful and which occurs suddenly and resolves just as quickly. Different than a twitching muscle, which is an uncontrolled movement of the muscle visible beneath the skin, spasms occur for a variety of reasons: […]
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We’ve talked about injuries and how they can cause trauma and subsequently scar tissue formation post accident. And as wonderful as scar tissue is at healing the body well and allowing it to perform, near pre-injury levels, due in part to its ability to lie down in a direction that […]
The body that was given to us at birth is a magnificent instrument, capable of making millions of minor and major adjustments every day to make our lives more comfortable. This is both a blessing – helping us redistribute weight from injured limb, chew differently when we have tooth problems, […]