Weakness or stiffness of muscles is a problem that can make anyone fee his age. Too much tension and too little exercise greatly increase the natural loss of muscular fitness with age. Many scientists believe aging muscles or muscles deprived exercise go through shortening. It is not simply a matter of unstreched muscles staying too short the muscles actually become shorter, the longer they put more and more pressure on the nerves running through the muscle sheaths. This is one of the major reasons behind the muscle aches & pains that commonly afflict older people.

Whenever muscles pain occurs, it sets off a "splinting relax" in the muscle. This causes the muscle to stiffen for protection. The muscle forms a rigid, natural splint. When the shortened muscles set off the splinting relax, however, the contraction of the muscles increases until they are knotted up in a uncontrollable spasm, exactly the kind of spasm people experience with lower back pain. Muscle spasm is the body’s reaction to tissue injury. On injury cells breakdown & release into the surrounding muscle tissue the chemicals calcium & histamine. Calcium reacts with ATP to produce muscle contraction. Unless, immediately stretched out, contracted muscles release the chemical leukotriens; leukotrienes cause muscles to contract that means more muscles spasms.

Simultaneously the accumulating leuktrienes combine with histamine in another chemical reaction to release substance-p. Substance-p stimulates nerve endings located throughout the muscle. This stimulation or axon to the nerve cell or neuron located in the spinal cord. A normal muscle, completely relaxed, shows no electrical activity, while a muscle in spasm or tensed with pain have electrical activity. Spinal cord information is relayed to another nerve tail called a synapse for speedy transmission to a nerve cell located in the pain center of the brain, lastly, the alarm that first went our from distant twisted knotted muscles reaches the cortex the surface where consciousness exists. Then electrical impulses pour into the cortex. Then one feels the perception of pain.

Injury immediately induces an independent & autonomous pain generators. This circle of pain emerges & becomes established this circle may go on indefinitely strengthen the muscles break the circle of pain. Stretching is a common practice to relieve pain. Stretching exercises helps to strengthen muscles. The muscles that probably need the most stretching are those in the lower part of the body. Muscles in the legs & lower back are utmost constantly in use during the day, holding us erect. Because of that constant contraction, they are more susceptible to shortening & tightness.

Weakened, protruding abdominal muscles are hazardous to one’s health, particularly to spine weakened abdominal muscles can not control the spine and the result is stress & backache. There are more than 80% of back pains are results of muscle problems rather than a specific back ailment. Stress on the spine is greater when you are sitting than when you are standing. Muscles automatically exert hundred of pounds of force when you are standing up- but even more when you are sitting down. And much of the force is directed right at the spine, especially if you have the common habit of leaning forward while you sit. While you are sitting, most of the muscles are inactive. Inactive muscles weaken over time. It is the abdominal muscles more than the back muscles that support the spine, and sitting hits them hardest. Another is cramp modern medical science really has no idea what causes cramp, the painful knotting up of muscles. Allopathy tries to cure cramps by way of nutritional therapy. Unfortunately, when the patients stop the nutritional therapy cramps return with more intensity. So now people looking else where for remedies.

Here steps in unani herbalism, to cure the incurable. Unani herbal medications successfully treated muscle pains in numerous cases and the cure is permanent & complete.

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