The knots you detect in your muscle, which may feel as small as a marble or even as large as a golf ball, are called ...

Everyone knows how it feels to have tight, knotted shoulders. But what does having knotted muscles actually mean? And how can you treat them? We asked the experts. We’ve all been there: you’re ...

Another theory is that repetitive small trauma to the muscle helps to create a “trigger point" (tight lump or knot in the muscle). Myofascial pain syndrome is characterized by active trigger ...

We've likely all felt a painful, pesky knot in our ... for myofascial trigger points is scant. Many massage therapists recommend gently rubbing the area to warm up the muscle, then applying ...

Williams was not seriously injured. A: They’re more commonly called muscle knots, though they’re not really knots at all. Rather, these trigger points are congregations of contracted muscle ...