Picture a novice athlete who is struggling to get a movement right. They are having difficulty contracting the muscle needed to perform the movement while also controlling and relaxing the inappropriate muscles. In frustration, their coach may yell to them “Just relax more!”, but in reality that concept is much more difficult than it sounds.…

It’s normal to feel stressed sometimes. But if your stress builds up, or it continues for a period of time, you might carry the tension in your muscles. You could have muscle tightness without even realizing it. One way to relieve muscle tension is to do progressive muscle relaxation, also known as Jacobson’s relaxation technique. Progressive muscle relaxation…