Muscle tension and its Strength

[emad]

Hi All:

Do you think that tensioned muscles (contracted muscle tension ) from overuse only occurs in muscles which are strong . i mean flappy muscles like abdominal muscles ,we can not concluded are tensioned because they are weak and flappy.


what evokes that question :

in the red light reflex the abdominal muscles are tensioned, do you think this is true even if the muscles are weak.

cheers
emad

[Diane]

Hi Emad,
Your question raises a couple ideas,
1. What does 'strong' versus 'weak' really mean?
2. What does 'tight' versus 'flappy' (did you mean to say, 'flabby'?) really mean?

I think a muscle that is weak can also be tight and a muscle that is strong can also be flabby.. that's just to mix it up some more!
:),
Diane

[bernard]

Emad,

You can see the posture =>

http://www.somasimple.com/images/rlr01.jpg

it is true even the muscles are weak but in that case the belly is of course more "visible" => bended forward!

Diane,

You complicate the game, here! :wink:

[BB]

Hi Emad,
I agree that a tensioned muscle can be weak and a flappy muscle can be strong.
The red light reflex seems to also involve resting muscle tone...I think a high tone muscle can be weak and a low tone muscle can be strong also.

Cory

[emad]

Hi Diane ,Bernard &Cory:

bernard thanks for the lik.

Diane
what i mean yes , flabby means so weak that reaching the level of belly abdomen.

weak(flabby) could be :arrow: tensioned/tight

strong could be :arrow: non-tight/non-tensioned

that what you meant :?:

Strong
yes, i think it is clear there are muscles which has a high muscle power at the same time are relaxed .

Weak
why the weak muscle will be tensioned , it is already has a relaxed state .

cheers
emad