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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Low-level

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Tight chest muscles cause a constant low-level stretch on the muscles of the upper back. Eventually, this low-level stretch elongates the ligaments and tendons associated with the upper-back muscles. Once these ligaments and tendons become elongated, the tone in their associated muscles falls dramatically.

--- Does "low-level stretch" mean that the muscles of the upper back are not stretched properly?
  

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I take "constant low-level" as a "chronic" condition. I may be wrong, but I'm assuming that there are times when the muscles referred to should normally be relaxed. However, with the condition described, they never fully, properly relax.

— Avangi

  • I take "constant low-level" as a "chronic" condition.
  • I may be wrong, but I'm assuming that there are times when the muscles referred to should normally be relaxed.
  • However, with the condition described, they never fully, properly relax.
  • " "low-level" means low intensity, in terms of however the intensity is typically measured.
  • It may be low level, but it never goes away.
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I take "constant low-level" as a "chronic" condition.

I may be wrong, but I'm assuming that there are times when the muscles referred to should normally be relaxed. However, with the condition described, they never fully, properly relax.

Think of a "constant low-level hum." "low-level" means low intensity, in terms of however the intensity is typically measured. It may be low
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