muscle tension

Muscle tightness and tension hit us from time to time.

We talk about muscle tension when the muscle tone is too high. It can affect one or more muscles at the same time, especially in the back, and can be caused by excessive stress, a wrong movement, intense or unusual physical activity or even dehydration and a lack of mineral salts.

Hydration, the application of heat sources and muscle relaxants (sage with lavender leaves) are all remedies for benign muscle tension such as aches or muscle trauma.

Stress

When we go through a period of stress, all our muscles increase their tone to allow the body to react effectively, it is a reflex of protection and adaptation of the body in a dangerous, threatening or worrying environment.

If the period of stress continues, the nervous system will then send information to the muscles via adrenaline, which may have the following consequences:

a state of hyperactivity
muscle spasms
muscle pain
muscle fatigue that will prevent the proper elimination of toxins

This is when the pain sets in and can then be aggravated by bad postures at work, a lack of physical activity and a sedentary lifestyle. A muscle relaxant (sage with lavender leaves) will in most cases be enough to relieve the pain, but remember that the first thing to deal with in this case is stress.

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Fibromyalgia

A complex pathology that has been on the rise in recent years, fibromyalgia is characterized by the appearance of diffuse, chronic and multiple muscle pain, accompanied by sleep disturbances and extreme fatigue.

Difficult to locate precisely, the pain seems to spread in several areas of the body, hence the term “diffuse pain”. Although difficult to diagnose, we find that young women are the most likely to present the symptoms:

diffuse muscle pain
bone pain
physical and psychological fatigue
significant sensitivity to touch
migraine

Fibromyalgia is treated mainly by taking the time to relax your body and gently re-muscle it, aquatic activities are recommended as well as psychological support to deal with psychological fatigue and the anxieties created by the pain. Chemical or natural analgesics (lemon eucalyptus, thyme, sage, arnica) will help relieve the pain.

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