Is foam rolling a meme? and if it's not, where can i start

bump because i wanna know too

>>41964173
STICKY ITS ALL THERE

>>41964173
no
google and youtube

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More deserving question:

Are cheap chink rollers any good?

>>41964173
>>41964209
READ THE GODDAMN STICKY HOLY SHIT IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE BOARD

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Rolling is essentially self massage, which isn't a meme. It's beneficial for helping to stretch out muscles,work out knots, and enhance blood circulation to the area. I learned how to foam roll from the internet and my physical therapist I had to see when I bummed my hip up.

I'm a massage therapist, so I don't use my foam roller that often. I just trade for a massage. A tool that looks meme worthy but is worth it's weight in gold is the theracane. It looks weird but I fucking love using it to dig out knots in my traps.

>>41964258
Agreed.

My "mobility" arsenal consists of a large foam roller, a theracane, and a lacrosse ball (well, and bands for pull aparts and such). I'm an old fag who never felt better.

>>41964173
Yes, useless waste of time. Don't fall for it, only DYEL in their first months of training believe in foaming.
>>41964258
>essentially self massage, which isn't a meme.
>trust me, I'm a massage therapist
if only kids weren't larping this much on this place

>>41964236
I use a piece of pvc, cost me like 50 cents at Orchard Supply

>>41964173
i have read studies on foam rollers and static stretching. Both do well in increasing flexibility and even more so when combined. As for recovery, I am not sure. I have not seen a study done on recovery using stretching and foam rolling.

>>41964361
>useless waste of time

Thanks dr Broseph Brostein from the Bro and Bro Institute of Brodome

>>41964258
>>41964313
Same.

Foam roller, lacrosse ball, theracane, bands.

My soft tissue quality sucks so I foam roll before every workout. Helps so much it's not even funny.

>>41964750
You're welcome, kid.

>>41964223
OP here, some of the links are broken now, it hasn't been updated in a long time.

>>41964258
I've wanted one of these ever since I saw Justin hotthiccness using one
tfw no gf to buy me stuff on my birthday

>>41964361
Retard