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Muscle constraint

There is no person who at least once in his life has not experienced a feeling of constraint in the muscles. Muscles seem stiff, non-working. This sensation can be predictable if the skeletal muscles are not physically loaded for a long time, or it occurs unexpectedly and completely inopportunely, making motor activity difficult. What causes muscle constraint, and what can be done to avoid it?

The feeling of constraint in the muscles often occurs after sleep or during unusual tilts or turns of the body, and makes it difficult not only to turn in the “lying” position, but also to habitual walking, prevents the development of the desired speed of movement in the limbs, causes a feeling of sluggishness in the whole body, inaccuracy in movements, and in some cases complicates the processes of breathing, since the diaphragm is also a muscular structure. Often the phenomenon of muscle stiffness is hidden behind pain in the muscles and sensations of heaviness in the body, "pulling" phenomena in the limbs or in the cervical region.

Muscular constraint does not develop from scratch and has many prerequisites, one part of which can be eliminated on your own, as well as the consequences of these prerequisites - to eliminate muscle constraint. Another part of these prerequisites is a consequence of the development of complex (complex) diseases that can be treated. But there are very dangerous painful phenomena in the body, the result of which is constraint in the muscles, and there is no way to cure the disease completely, but it is possible to slow down the development of severe consequences that lead to an increase in muscle stiffness and result in complete immobilization.

The phenomenon of muscle constraint has sufficiently studied causes of development and depends on:

on the qualitative characteristics and, accordingly, the work of the structures of the nervous tissue that regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscle fibers;
from a metabolism built on supplying the body with the trace element Calcium and vitamin D.

There is a very close relationship between these two factors, since the correct absorption of Calcium in the body affects nerve conduction (target electrical signals passing through nerve fibers). That is, calcium causes the nerve fibers to give the muscles the correct and timely signals for contraction and relaxation. And a healthy structure of nerve fibers under the influence of a sufficient intake of Calcium with vitamin D allows such signals to be carried out without inhibition.

Uninterrupted signaling through nerve fibers ensures not only the work of skeletal muscles, but also the smooth muscles of internal organs (myocardium, blood vessels, stomach, intestines, ducts of endocrine glands). Violation of the electrical conductivity of nerve fibers, even to a small extent, can cause arrhythmias, brain disorders, intestinal motility disorders, swallowing and respiratory function disorders.

Calcium can be absorbed in the intestine and assimilated in the body only through the D-vitamin-dependent mechanism of transport to tissue cells (bone tissue, nervous tissue). Violation of calcium metabolism in the tissues of the body leads to an imbalance in the work of various hormones, including parathyroid hormone, the excess of which is responsible for bone resorption (washing out of calcium from bones and impaired bone tissue endurance). Thus, signs of muscle constraint may precede the development of bone disease.

There are diseases that are poorly understood in terms of treatment and methods of preventing development. These diseases are associated with impaired conduction of nerve fibers . Such disorders in the structure of nerve fibers are irreversible, and today there are no adequate methods for restoring these structures of nerve fibers. But methods are being developed to slow down the development of a serious disease, and its long-term consequences. It is for these reasons that it is necessary to accurately determine the causes of muscle constraint and choose a direction to eliminate these causes or to start therapeutic treatment in a timely manner.

If there are hidden inflammatory processes in muscle tissue, which can be caused both by overstrain of muscle fibers or injury to muscle fibers, and by diseases caused by the presence of infectious microorganisms, the result of which is the development of inflammation, then the phenomenon of stiffness can develop in the muscles as a protective reaction to inflammation (or irritant).

The simplest explanation for muscle stiffness may be due to prolonged inactivity or insufficient exercise of muscle tissue as a result of lack of exercise or regular movement (bed rest). Such a case is “is being treated” by compulsory and regular physical exercises on the area of the skeletal muscles in which muscle constraint is observed.

But in order not to miss the development of more complex, and sometimes incurable diseases, it is necessary to undergo a medical examination in order to exclude all serious consequences of muscle stiffness. Any occurrence of constraint in the muscles should be considered as a potentially dangerous signal, indicating that there may be deep reasons for the development of this phenomenon in the muscle tissue.