What is muscle tension

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Muscle tension refers to the strength of the muscle, usually the lower the muscle tension is, the worse the situation is. If the muscle tension is not good enough, you need to go to the hospital for rehabilitation treatment. Here's what muscle tension is.

What is muscle tension

First, let's have a brief understanding of muscle tension. Muscle tension refers to the physiological tension of the muscle, which can be judged by touching the firmness of the muscle and stretching the muscle to try its resistance. Muscle tension is the basis of maintaining various postures and normal movements of the body, which is manifested in two forms: phase tension and position tension.

Second: hypotonia is the manifestation of a disease. Refers to patients with general weakness, to a certain age will not stand, will not crawl, more will not walk. In prone position, the head should not be tilted to one side. This type is usually the temporary stage of cerebral palsy in infants. After 2-3 years old, most of them change to other types, especially the hand foot type.

Third: the most serious case of hypotonia is only a transitional type, which is common in children with cerebral palsy in infancy. With the growth of children, this type can be gradually replaced by high tension spasmodic type, and it can also show a slight increase in muscle tension and transition to flaccid type.

matters needing attention

Muscle tension is such a serious disease that can lead to cerebral palsy for a long time. It needs to be found and treated as soon as possible in order to recover as soon as possible.