Our editors independently select these products. Making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission Sometimes you wake up, and it feels as though there’s a sharp knife or a rock ...

You may try massaging the area with your fingers and applying heat or ice. Therapeutic neck exercises or stretches can also help relieve any pain or tension in your neck. A muscle knot, also called a ...

Many of us will be all too familiar with muscle knots. They’re essentially sore spots that form when bands of muscle become tight and sensitive. You may experience pain all the time or only when you ...

Maybe you went to bed just fine, but you wake up with hardened, sensitive spots in areas including your neck, shoulders, or back? Or these develop over the course of a day, causing distracting ...

What Is the Trapezius Muscle? Trapezius muscles are large, paired, triangular muscles in the back of your neck and upper back. They extend down your back, but they’re mostly involved in the movements ...

It's almost second-nature for me to grab or tug at the nagging muscle knot that lives on my upper back — but shifting my impulse to more of a massaging movement could have a better outcome. While ...

Although muscle spasms are usually short lived and aren’t serious, they can be painful. Stretching can be particularly helpful at relieving a muscle spasm. Other home treatments like massage, using ...

The trapezius muscles that run along your upper back — the upper traps — are prone to tightness, so what better way to ...