You know when you first feel that twinge and you’re scared to move either way for a brief second. Why is that spasm set off sometimes and not other times.
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In essence kink is a overactive muscle. That can usually be caused by over work or strains like pulling the muscle etc.
Every time you use a muscle, it damages it. This is why you can build muscles for something over time, because despite how much effort is being applied, the muscles are still having to work. When muscles tear, the body will try to fix the tear. That process creates a little knot (comprised of collagen and such to repair the muscles) in the muscle that needs to be broken up either through stretching, or physical means like a massage. Eventually the body will catch up on dealing with the waste products associated with the repair, but the lymphatic system is a manual pump that needs muscles to be moving in order to move the waste product to your lymph nodes, which is why it can take so long to clear up if you aren’t moving, drinking enough fluids, or massaging the area.
An ELI5 in truth is that your body is like a road. Overusing it can cause ruts (or a crash) in the road that need to be fixed, and the people that need to fix that will back everything up causing massive traffic jams on the road that cause a lot of pain in the neck for those involved. Without someone trying to push those workers along (massage, stretching, etc) they can take hours to fix the problem and move along.
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