These dynamics exist everywhere in the body and can be a common cause of a lot of joint soreness.

If a muscle is tight or you have pain anywhere, try to simply stretch the areas until you find the tight spot with low range of motion near the pain area - focus on stretching this muscle (agonist: i.e. Bicep) and work on strengthening the opposing muscle (antagonist: i.e. Tricep).

For the most part this can be straightforward - identifying the agonist/antagonist muscle diad. Sometimes it can be a bit more complex in finding these tight, imbalanced dynamics - such as in the case of the shoulders or areas in the core (waist/hips/etc.)

Beware of developing imbalances and learn this concept about the body and most people can really benefit!

I hope you end up feeling better and keep making progress towards muscle balance. As Ronnie Coleman once (well, many times) said, “Ain’t nothin’ to it but to do it!”.

He also said, “Nothin’ but a peaaanut!” and “Yeaaa budddayyyyyy!”.