Symptoms of arm stretch

Maybe you feel that the pain in your body is because your muscles and bones are not long enough and not stretched, so you choose to maintain the health of your muscles and bones through stretching. However, you need to know that problems like muscle and bone health cannot be solved by stretching. Muscle and bone health is an issue worthy of people's attention, but we need to understand clearly the impact of muscle and bone health on the body.

The harm of muscle shrinkage is far beyond imagination

However, don’t think that the tendons are just shortened. Compared with normal tendons, the shrunken tendons have many problems. The former not only has fibrosis, adhesion, scar formation, thickening, and swelling, but some of them are what ordinary people call "muscle lumps" and in severe cases, atrophy may occur. From a functional perspective, if you suffer from muscle contracture, the range of joint movement will be reduced, for example, you will not be able to turn your head, bend over, or lift your legs and bend your knees.

In addition, contracted tendons can also compress the nerves and cause pain, compress and squeeze the blood vessels, causing insufficient blood supply, malnutrition of tendons and veins, numbness, convulsions and a series of other symptoms.

Muscle contraction in different parts of the body can also cause different diseases. For example, dizziness, headache, and neck and shoulder pain can be caused by contraction of the neck and shoulder muscles; chest tightness, back pain, and fatigue can be caused by contraction of the chest and back muscles; low back soreness, weak knees, pain and numbness in the buttocks and lower limbs can be caused by contraction of the waist, buttocks, and thigh muscles. Even the most common headache caused by being exposed to wind or cold is caused by contraction of the muscles in the head. Muscle atrophy occurs very slowly, and many people develop symptoms without realizing it. When there is no improvement or only partial efficacy, it is probably muscle atrophy that is the culprit.

Young people also have muscle contraction

Don’t think that only older people who are hunchbacked, tired, walk slowly, and have a hunched back are suffering from muscle atrophy. When young people are too "caring" about their muscles, muscle atrophy may also occur unexpectedly.

Just look at the possible causes of muscle atrophy:

1. Read while lying down or prone.

2.Curl up on the sofa and watch TV.

3. Working at a desk for long periods of time.

4. Lack of exercise.

5. Driving for a long time.

6. Bending over or crouching for a long time while doing housework.

It is not difficult to find that most of them are the habitual behaviors of young people today.

Nowadays, there are many middle school students who are only in their teens but suffer from dizziness, headaches, and decreased vision. They are also lazy and lack energy every day, and their physical education grades are not up to standard. In such cases, there may be something wrong with their muscles.

As the saying goes, "If your tendons grow an inch longer, your life will be extended by ten years" and "If your tendons are too short, your life will be difficult to extend." This is of course a slightly exaggerated statement, just like "A smile makes you ten years younger, and a worry makes you ten years grayer." However, stretching the muscles can relax them and is good for your health.

Stretching is actually very simple

Stretching can be done anytime and anywhere with the help of various tools around you. For example, you can lift your legs up high to stretch your hamstrings, or hang on a horizontal bar or beam for a while with the help of your arms. These are all good ways to exercise.

The treatment of "muscle atrophy" depends on self-exercise, and only severe cases require the help of a doctor. Experts have also developed a set of exercises to stretch the muscles and bones, which are simple and easy to do and suitable for everyone to do in their spare time.

Move 1: Drilling into the sky and into the earth

1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, stretch your arms to lead your upper limbs upward, lift your whole body as high as possible, tighten your abdomen and raise your head, look up at the sky, and when you reach the limit, stretch upward again and hold for about three seconds;

2. Stretch your hands straight and bend down to touch the ground. When you reach the limit, stretch downwards again and hold for about three seconds.

3. Turn your upper body half a circle along your left leg to return to the position of reaching your hands to the sky;

4. Repeat the above movements, turn your upper body half a circle along your right leg, and then return to the position of reaching the sky.

effect

Stretching the abdominal muscles, buttocks and back of thigh muscles which are rarely exercised can reduce the accumulation of abdominal fat. Regular practice can eliminate pot belly and is beneficial for the treatment of diabetes, fatty liver and gastrointestinal diseases.

Regularly stretching the upper limbs can treat neck and shoulder pain and fatigue, and relieve strain caused by desk work.

Stretching the waist, buttocks, and the back of lower limbs can treat low back pain, leg pain, and sciatica.

Raise your body as high as possible to stretch the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, iliac and hip joints, protect the intervertebral discs and prevent spinal diseases, especially spondylolisthesis.