Tendons are the connections between muscles and bones. Ligaments surround joints and are gristle-like tissue that provide support. When you overstretch a muscle in your back or tear a ligament, this can cause lumbosacral strains or sprains.When this happens, a spasm immobilizes the muscles in the injured area, acting as a splint to protect the ligaments and joints from further damage.hen you overstretch a muscle in your back or tear a ligament, this can cause lumbosacral strains or sprains. When this happens, a spasm immobilizes the muscles in the injured area, acting as a splint to protect the ligaments and joints from further damage.
Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was a written agreement, uniting the thirteen founding states, and serving as the statesâ first constitution, or set of principles by which the states was governed.
The Articles were based on a confederation, a concept of a weak central government where the states had more power than the federal government. By the end of the 1780s, it was evident that the country needed a stronger central government to address many political and economic issues.