The Corporate Life and Their Issues With Muscle Pain

 

The corporate people mostly talk about their back issues due to their extreme working hours where they end up with muscle or joint pains. Oftenly doctors suggest they work out or sit on Mesh Chairs, as Mesh Chairs are more comfortable than the normal wooden chairs. However, other than Mesh Chairs, people always end up asking a ton of questions about the types of muscles and all about their action. So let’s dig into it.

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals. While bones provide framework to our body, muscles are required for their proper movement. Providing locomotion and changing body postures are some of their macro functions whereas maintaining proper flow of blood through contraction and relaxation of heart are some internal functions.

Muscles are classified into three categories:

·Cardiac Muscle- These are responsible for the blood flow inside the heart. They contract and relax rhythmically to pump blood throughout the body.

·Skeletal Muscle-These are attached to our skeleton. For example- biceps and triceps.

·Visceral Muscle- These are responsible for the movement of food.

Both Cardiac muscles and visceral muscles are involuntary whereas the skeletal muscles are voluntary i.e. we can control their actions.

So how do they perform their action?

 

Generally, muscles are made up of different fibers called muscle fibers. And those fibers are made up of muscle cells which are basically strands of protein. No wonder a body builder’s lifeline is supplementary proteins! So, voluntary muscles are connected with the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum. Whenever we decide to move, our cortex sends an electrical impulse through our spinal cords and connecting nerves and that muscle gets activated. The speed of electricity is said to be 1% of the speed of light but that’s enough for our muscles to respond in a thousandth of a second!

 

Muscles only pull! Really?

 

While doing bench press we often think that while lying on that bench and lifting heavy weight our muscles are pushing our bones. Well, that’s definitely not the case. Muscles move body parts by contracting and then relaxing. Muscles can pull bones, but they can't push them back to the original position. They operate under a series of contractions and relaxation. For example- When you bend your arm, your bicep contracts and triceps relax. Whereas when you extend them, vice-a-versa happens. These sets of coordination move our body efficiently.

 

Stretching of Muscles?

 

Stretching is considered to be the most important part of any physical exercise. Stretching should be a part of your balanced workout routine. It decreases stress, reduces pain and stiffness, increases your range of motion, and can help lower and your risk of injury, normally everyone believe that stretching before working out is highly recommended practice, doing a warm up before a workout stimulates the movement you’ll be doing to warm and prepare your body, and your muscles also gets warm.