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What do we mean when we say a muscle is "tight"?
I'm trying to remove the word "tight" from my professional vocabulary. And yes, as you can imagine, that's not easy. For a massage therapist, and one currently undertaking additional Level 5 training in advanced remedial massage techniques, "tight" is a word that crops up a lot. And what's wrong with it, anyway? Many (most? all?) people relate to the feeling of a tight muscle, and it gets the point across doesn't it? Well, kinda. But not as well as I'd like. "I've got a tight

Adriano Owlfinch
Jun 182 min read
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