There are many causes of muscle tension, with the most common causes being:
post-exercise stiffness 
stress
lack of exercise
minor injury
misaligned spine
over use of drugs or alcohol
How To Cure Muscle Tension
These home remedies for muscle tension, work as well as any painkiller, and equally as fast, but with no dangerous side effects. Whatever the cause, there are two main types of muscle tension:
A. Muscles that feel tight, warm, or inflamed, and need to become relaxed, cooled, and calmed.
10 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
10 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
4 oz Pumpkin Seed Carrier Oil or 4 oz Shea Body Butter.
B. Muscles that feel tight, cool or lacking in circulation, and need to become relaxed, warmed, and gain an increase in circulation.
10 drops Geranium Essential Oil
10 drops Lemongrass Essential Oil
10 drops Rosemary Essential Oil
4 oz Pumpkin Seed Carrier Oil or 4 oz Shea Body Butter.
Blending techniques:
Drop the Essential Oil drops, into the Pumpkin Seed Carrier Oil. Shake before use.
Or, drop the Essential Oil drops into the Shea Body Butter, then stir thoroughly, for several minutes, using a knife.
Apply to affected area, but spread well beyond the tense muscle. For example, if you have a sore spot on your shoulder, apply to entire shoulder areas.
Home Remedies For Muscle Tension
A. If you do not wish to make your own muscle tension cream, use our ready-made muscle tension creams, for muscles that feel tight, warm, or inflamed, and need to become relaxed, cooled, and calmed:
Lavender Body ButterIngredients: Lavender Essential Oil (Lavandula officinalis, extracted from Lavender flowers), whipped into a hydrogenated, creamy Soy Body Butter. No Preservatives.
Lavender Oil is the strongest essential oil painkiller found in nature.
Chamomile Body ButterIngredients: Chamomile Essential Oil (Anthemis nobilis, extracted from Chamomile flowers), and Tansy Essential Oil (Tanacetum annum, extracted from Tansy flowers), whipped into a creamy Vegetable Body Butter (hydrogenated). No Preservatives.
Extremely anti-inflammatory cream – due to azulene, from Chamomile flowers, and chamazulene, from Tansy flowers, which makes this Butter naturally blue. Chamomile Body Butter calms and soothes muscle tension rapidly, because Essential Oils penetrate every layer of muscle.
B. Devil’s Claw, a natural herbal supplement, has been recently shown to work as well as Ibuprofen, but without the awful side effects associated with Ibuprofen. To benefit from its anti-inflammatory potency, take 1,500 to 2,000 mg twice a day. It must contain a standardized extract of 50 mg of harpagoside.
Devil’s Claw is not for people suffering from ulcers, or for people on blood thinners. If in doubt, speak to your doctor regarding other medical conditions, before starting Devil’s Claw herbal extract for muscle or joint inflammation.