Common "overactive muscles" queries answered by top doctors

Medical Conditions - Overactive Muscles

An overactive muscle usually means the muscle is short, tight, and strong, and underactive muscle is long and weak. An overactive muscle near the joint pulls the limb towards its direction. This can happen in bad posture, weak core strength, poor exercise technique, repetitive motion, lack of neuromuscular efficiency, trauma, etc. Overactive muscle cause cramps, stiffness, myalgia, which can be due to caffeine intake, vitamin deficiency, metabolic disorders, etc.

All overactive muscles Q&A

I have lower back pain and inward curvature of spine. Please help.

Hi, Welcome to our portal. The cause of your back pain is overactive erector spine muscles. These muscles support the back in all the activities.

Answered By

Tanushree Agarwal

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