Foam Roller
Protect Your Legs From High Heel Damage
Women have long sacrificed comfort for style by wearing high heels. Although you're probably willing to tolerate some pain or discomfort for the sake of fashion, you may be surprised [...]
How to Use Stretching and a Foam Roller for Lower Back Pain
The low back is a complex network of muscles, bones and connective tissue. Unfortunately, it's a source of pain in 90 percent of Americans, including athletes, who are highly susceptible [...]
Incorporating the MELT Method Into a Regenerative Workout
The MELT method MELT stands for myofascial energetic lengthening technique. It is a self-treatment method created by manual therapist Sue Hitzmann. When used correctly, it helps prevent injury, increases circulation [...]
Prevent Injuries With Corrective Exercises
Because MMA athletes work so hard to become faster, stronger and more powerful, they are often hesitant to use valuable training time on mobility drills and foam rolling exercises. Can [...]
Foam Roll to Improve Lower-Body Mobility Over the Holidays
Taking a few days off from training this holiday weekend isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you’ve been hitting the weights hard the last month or two, this is actually [...]
Enhance Flexibility and Reduce Post-Exercise Pain
Massage breaks up tightness within muscles by applying pressure from different angles. It is great for helping muscles recover, improving mobility and flexibility, and reducing aches and pains from training and competition—all of [...]
Improve Flexibility With Four Foam Rolling Exercises
Foam rolling before and after training is a performance-enhancing technique similar to massage. Both reduce the tightness in fibrous tissue and muscles by applying pressure to them [read our previous [...]
Prevent Injury and Build Strength With Self-Myofascial Release
Since the invention of the foam roller, athletes have frequently heard about “self-myofascial release.” But they may not understand what it is and why elite athletes, like Chicago Bulls star [...]
At-Home Workout Tools
Train like the pros without leaving your home. PERFECT PUSHUP V2 $40, perfectonline.com This revamped version of the original Perfect Pushup has reinforced construction, allowing for smoother movement, as well [...]
Shoulder Prehab Program for Baseball Players
Let’s face it—if you are a baseball player, there’s a good chance you’ve suffered a shoulder injury. But even if you haven’t, now is the time to take preventive action. [...]