eli5 What exactly is a muscle “knot”?

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Everything I read about this is inconclusive. We have an entire industry dedicated to removing knots (massage), but know one seems to be able to say exactly what they are.

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When the muscle is put under stress it can protect itself by contracting very small parts rending that stressed part harder to move and therefore protecting it while the brain is asking for your leg to move.

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