You feel a tweak. You keep training hard. The inflammation never resolves.

Here's what happens next:

Chronic inflammation → scar tissue binds your tissues together → your body shifts movement to avoid pain → stabilizing muscles weaken → opposing muscles overcompensate → imbalances compound → bigger injury at slightest stress.

This isn't theory. This is textbook sports physiology.

The initial micro-injury was treatable in 2 weeks. The compensation pattern takes months to correct. The structural damage might be permanent.

Stop the inflammation before it becomes chronic. Your career depends on it.