But he did lean back from the table, rubbing his neck and rotating the un- injured shoulder to ease stiffened muscles.

Tension sat across his shoulders in a thick yoke of stiffened muscle.

After this period apply heat to the area to help relax sore and stiffened muscles.

She forced stiffened muscles to work and got to her feet, shivering.

Two or three times she altered her strained position against the wall, stretched her stiffened muscles.

He rubbed the small of his back to ease the stiffened muscles.

He began to rise, grunting as the pain of stiffened muscles protested his first movement.

I can assure you of that,' Tarrant said stoically, and tried to rise, but found his stiffened muscles were unwilling.

After a while I tried to get up, but my stiffened muscles balked.

By the time he was able to force his stiffened muscles to respond to his will, the spy had disappeared.