There are many different reasons why a person experiences muscle pain. When specific muscles or muscle groups are sore, the cause is most likely high physical exertion, trauma, or physical work unusual for a person.
It happens that muscle pain occurs due to a person's disease. This is much worse and more unpleasant. In the human body there are extremely many different muscles, and they all perform a variety of functions. Therefore, in order to understand the nature of certain muscle pains, it is necessary to understand why this can happen.
There is a classification of the causes of muscle pain, according to which they can be divided into several groups:
- muscle pain can occur due to impaired posture. Most often this happens with people leading a sedentary lifestyle, as well as with women who wear high heels ;
- congenital changes in the spine, as well as chronic diseases, due to which the person's motor activity is limited or he is forced to lie for a long time;
- Frequent, but irregular heavy muscle load, associated, for example, with weight lifting;
- injuries associated with dislocations, sprains, etc .;
- Some diseases (such as anemia) also cause muscle pain. Any stress, depression, anxiety and irritability contribute to muscle pain.
The most common types of pain are muscle pain in the back. After all, it is the back that is a combination of bones, muscles and nerves, which must act together to maintain the vertical position of a person, as well as his movement.
Most often, we feel such back pain when we experience muscle tension. Sometimes, along with spinal pain, we experience pain in the muscles of the hands or feet.
To avoid injuring your back, protect it from tension and unnecessary muscle pain. To do this, you need to maintain proper posture, sleep on a hard surface, give the back a regular small load to strengthen the muscles. After all, physical exercises performed regularly will help to avoid pain in the muscles of the arms and legs. It is also very important to monitor weight, because extra pounds place a heavy burden on the muscles and spine of your back.
An equally important part of the body is the neck, on which there are veins and arteries leading to the brain. The most common disease that causes muscle pain in the neck is torticollis. This is often an acquired disease as a result of poor posture and prolonged sitting at the computer. The cause of this disease is the irritation of the cervical nerves, which causes muscle spasm. This can be caused by trauma, inflammation, uncomfortable sleeping position, burns and, finally, birth trauma.
The treatment of this ailment is carried out by various methods, ranging from medication to surgery.
Most muscle pains result from incorrect and abrupt actions, overwork and uneven load distribution. Any injury that causes muscle pain can be easily obtained if, for example, neglecting a warm-up before training or a sports game, with an illiterate exercise. After all, all this can lead to excessive physical exertion.
To avoid the appearance of muscle pain, it is necessary to avoid strong physical overstrain, especially in the hot season, as well as not overwork in training, to use foods containing a lot of magnesium. If pain due to physical activity during sports or physical education still occurs, then you must stop exercising and give the muscles a rest. And one of the best ways to relieve muscle tension and relax them is massage.
Take good care of your health. After all, health is the only thing that is very difficult to regain if you have already lost it once.