Eli5: What are muscle “knots”

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How do we get them, and how do therapist massage them out?

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Okay all of these people in the comments are full of shit. I’m a med student and I don’t know everything. BUT.. as far as I’m aware there is no such thing as a muscle knot. Muscles can however be sore, overworked and painful. This just means you need to let your body do it’s work and recover. Muscles can’t knot and waste products don’t accumulate in a localized area in a muscle. One of the thing the body is most specialized at is getting rid of waste, so no, a massage isn’t helping to get rid of waste.

Tl:dr muscles dont knot, don’t believe these comments spouting pseudo science

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