
Oh, Cramp!
Muscle cramps and muscle guarding are two different phenomena. However, they both involve our muscles contracting without our conscience giving them permission. So let's talk about these two conditions together. All in all there are over 600 skeletal muscles in the human body and they make up about forty percent of our body mass. These are muscles that pull bones and other connective tissue, which allow us to move around and change posture or facial expression. In order to pe