To foam roll or not to foam roll!
Foam rollers and self myofascial release equipment is now seen in every gym, sports team and therapy clinic across the world. The research into their use is growing but its a difficult area to investigate as the roller is seen as a one stop shop for: warm up, performance assistance, activation, cool down, Range of motion, pain management with mixed evidence on many of these. From a therapeutic perspective research and evidence on foam rolling techniques have shown to successfully assist in improving joint range of motion and reduce muscle soreness temporarily with little to know risks to otherwise healthy individuals. Most people will take up exercise in January, most who are new to exercise will pick up strains and injuries or at least experience muscular soreness related to new exercise regimes. Most of this is due to the old adage, “doing too much too soon, after doing too little for too long!”. One simple way to combat this is to include some foam rolling in/ around/ in ...