When you tense a muscle, you are tightening it or contracting it. The opposite is to relax.
What happens to the bones when muscle shortening
I felt very tense and stressed out. A tense muscle can ache. The teacher asked students to identify the verb tense used in the sentence.
If "happens now" means present tense, no. Told is the past tense of tell.
The main cause of tension is: when your angry you tense your muscle. Or wether you on a scary ride you get scared and tense your muscles then
muscle contraction
maybe a tense jaw
The Platysma muscle in tense during shaving
when a muscle cramps
you have then stretched your tendon / muscle beyond the normal range .
after a long period of exercise a muscle can cramp
a concentric muscle action.