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Why do i get lumps under my skin after a massage?

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Muscle knots: Massage is good for superficial muscle spasm relaxation. However, mechanical excitation from a massage is not sufficient to relax the deep muscle spasms. With chronic uperficial muscle spasms , mechanical excitation from massage is not sufficient and teases the muscle rather then releasing it. Therefore, the muscle goes into a knot and these are the lumps that you feel.

Answered 4/25/2016

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