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Upper Back Muscle Knots, Upper Back Pain

What Are Knots In Your Back?

Are you wondering what’s inside the muscle knots in your back? Basically, the same stuff that’s outside the knots. Muscles, tissue, that sort of thing.

Yes, there are some chemical reactions that take place in muscles when they get unhappy but my job is to help you without getting technical. So I will. 🙂

Try this:

Squeeze your fist really tightly. It’s not very comfortable but if you hold it for a few minutes you will be able to tell that the muscles in your lower arm are also getting tight. Depending on the position of your arm, you might even feel the muscle tension in your upper arm.

Muscle knots are like that closed fist. They are in Continue reading What Are Knots In Your Back? →

Self Help, Upper Back Muscle Knots, Upper Back Pain

Let’s Get Rid Of The Knots In Your Upper Back

May 24 Kathryn Merrow Leave a comment

You are not stuck with those miserable knots in your shoulders. You can get rid of them naturally but you have to take action. Discover how now:

Get rid of muscles knots in your upper back naturally!

Actually, taking action is the key to unlocking most of the pain and dysfunction that people suffer from.

First, find the cause of your knots. It’s often not where you hurt.
Second, take action! There are things that you did to create your muscle knots. There are steps you will have to take to get rid of them.

Muscle ‘knots’ form when muscles are in spasm or contraction. There are basically two things you may be doing that started the whole knot process.

1. Maybe you hold the upper back/shoulder blade area tightly. This happens when you are carrying something or even when you do a repetitive motion that uses those muscles. The muscles get used to being contracted and short and so they stay that way. At least temporarily.

That’s the easiest type of muscle knot to get rid of.

Tennis ball therapy usually will work quite well for these knots. (Place the ball behind the knot and lean onto it.)

2. Or, your upper back and shoulder blade muscles are in spasm because Continue reading Let’s Get Rid Of The Knots In Your Upper Back →

Causes of Back Pain, Self Help, Upper Back Muscle Knots

What Causes Knots In Your Back & How To Get Rid Of Muscle Knots Naturally

January 1 Kathryn Merrow 2 Comments

Are you tired of suffering with miserable muscle ‘knots’ in your back? Would you like to know how can you get rid of the muscle spasms in your back naturally and forever?

The first thing is to figure out WHY you are getting these muscle knots. I’m not being silly here.

There are always reasons why you have pain. Usually the reasons involve muscles.

Muscles move bones. Without muscles, we go nowhere. But sometimes muscles get unhappy and cause symptoms like pain and knots.

It’s a big deal that muscles are usually overlooked as being causes of pain. They shouldn’t be overlooked because they are responsible for probably 90% of all soft tissue pain.

So the answer is not to attack only the area where it hurts because those are just symptoms.

The answer is to get to the root cause of your knot. Figure Continue reading What Causes Knots In Your Back & How To Get Rid Of Muscle Knots Naturally →

Self Help, Upper Back Pain

Using A Tennis Ball To Reduce Upper Back Muscle Pain

January 18 Kathryn Merrow Leave a comment

Muscle “knots” in your upper back can go away. In fact, you can get rid of your upper back muscle pain naturally!

Here’s a conversation I had with a reader who woke up with muscle pain in his upper back and neck.

The morning I woke up with the pain, It was literally unbearable. It faded (Over a month) into discomfort, then almost gone (without me doing anything). The pain seemed reminiscent of a muscle tear or muscle strain. It would come back as mild discomfort if Continue reading Using A Tennis Ball To Reduce Upper Back Muscle Pain →

Upper Back Pain

Knots In Your Upper Back? Try Tennis Ball Therapy

September 25 Kathryn Merrow Leave a comment

Today I’m thinking about Tennis Ball Therapy for a muscle knot in my upper back. Why?

Because I woke up with a knot in my back and it’s bugging me. 🙁

When you have tight muscles on your back that are bugging you, here’s what to do: Use Tennis Ball Therapy!

Here’s how:

Get a tennis ball (or similar ball) and lay on it on the floor. You can use the bed if you have to but the floor gives more pressure. If you are on your bed, some of the tennis ball is lost in the mattress. If you’re really Continue reading Knots In Your Upper Back? Try Tennis Ball Therapy →

Upper Back Pain

How To Get Rid Of Knots In Your Upper Back

July 29 Kathryn Merrow Leave a comment

I woke up with a knot in my back just the other day. I must have slept crooked. It’s amazing how we can do damage to ourselves even in our sleep!

I could also feel pulling on my hip bone as well as the front of my neck and had pain in the back/top of my head and tenderness under my arm when I pressed on it.

I pressed into all of those areas and I also pressed into the muscles on and along my breastbone. I used the “shotgun approach” (pressing everywhere) since I wasn’t sure what exactly started it. My knot was gone by the end of the day.

And, you see, finding the CAUSE of your knot is a big part of the battle.

That’s why I created the Knots In Your Back program for natural relief. (<– click here.)

And since everything in your body is attached, every part has an effect on every other part.

Using pressure on Continue reading How To Get Rid Of Knots In Your Upper Back →

SIMPLE BACK PAIN RELIEF