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My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

In the episode How to Recover after a workout, you learn that excessive soreness is generally an indication that you either increased volume or intensity

far too quickly in your exercise routine or that you didn't recover properly.

But there's another reason that you can be sore after a workout or simply sore as you move

about your day-to-day routine, even if you haven't exercised recently.

And today, you'll find out what that

reason is, and you'll also learn the top six sore muscle remedies that will help you recover

faster after a workout. We've all felt it at one time or another, that deep, achy spot on some

muscle of your body, which we affectionately call a knot. No matter how much

you stretch, how well you warm up or cool down, or how many pills you pop and healthy foods you

eat, that knot simply won't go away. And for many people, knots tend to form in the upper neck

or shoulders, and for others, the calves or the quadriceps tend to be the issue.

The muscle knots are simply areas where your connective tissue or muscle has spasmed or cramped,

and in some cases it can also be an area where you formed immobile scar tissue from an injury or even from overworking a specific muscle group.

These areas of painful, rigid tissue that form in your muscles,

tendons, and ligaments block circulation and can cause pain, inflammation,

and limited mobility.

Regardless of how the knot got there in the first place,

the important thing to know is that it's not going to go away on its own.

And what's more, if you simply ignore it, the knot can often make your post-workout soreness and discomfort even worse. This is where

something called deep tissue work comes in. And deep tissue work is simply an umbrella term for any

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