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I Don’t Like Your Tone
JUST KIDDING! It’s not that I don’t like YOUR tone. However, lots of people are confused by the word “tone” when they hear it from their doctor. “What is tone?” Muscle tone is the tension in a muscle at rest. This means, what a resting muscle is doing when it is not supposed to be doing anything. “Is it the same as strength?” No. Muscle strength is the ability to contract and create force in response to resistance. So muscle strength comes into play when we’re taking an action. Feel like you’re in Physics 101 yet? Why do we need to know this, crazy lady!?! Everyone has different types of…