Foam Roller--Best Purchase Ever

[WalterWhite]

I bought a foam roller and use it a lot. Absolutely love it, can be painful but has seriously opened up some knots and feel way better, especially in the hips.

highly recommended

Totally rolled away my sciatica with a foam roller.  

[ritch]

Recently bought this one for EUR 13.90, no Rumble Roller, but it does the job well..

Never used, but those seem real good also.

[milone79]

used to roll all the time....stopped the past year and everything feels better than ever....I think the rolling is hugely over rated actually...



http://breakingmuscle.com/mobility-recovery/your-it-band-is-not-the-enemy-but-maybe-your-foam-roller-is

[Pete Nice]

Totally rolled away my sciatica with a foam roller.  

Can you expand on what protocol you used to do this? I.e. How often, and what type of rolls you did.

[Grape Ape]

I assume that the surface of a baseball is softer than a lacrosse ball? (haven't tried any them)

Surface is leather, but the baseball is a bit harder, I'd guess.

[WalterWhite]

Can you expand on what protocol you used to do this? I.e. How often, and what type of rolls you did.

 I sit on the roller and if I am working my right side I cross my right leg over my left. I lean to the right a bit so I can feel the sciatic nerve (you will know because it really hurts!). Then its just a matter of rolling back and forth on that nerve and it eventually begins to deaden. I did this along with different stretches.

She is using a ball but I prefer the roller pictured in the thread.

[Coach is Back!]

A 10 EUR PVC pipe works well on your back, and it takes only a few minutes.
BTW, these days, you can have a decent one for 15-25 EUR

Agree. Home Depot is your friend.

[Pete Nice]

I sit on the roller and if I am working my right side I cross my right leg over my left. I lean to the right a bit so I can feel the sciatic nerve (you will know because it really hurts!). Then its just a matter of rolling back and forth on that nerve and it eventually begins to deaden. I did this along with different stretches.

She is using a ball but I prefer the roller pictured in the thread.

Thanks WW.

[WalterWhite]

Thanks WW.

No problem I was definitely a doubter.  When I first isolated the nerve I almost jumped off the roller!

I'm a believer now!

[ritch]

Got a question for you Walter. Is it best to stretch or roll first or does it not matter?

[WalterWhite]

Got a question for you Walter. Is it best to stretch or roll first or does it not matter?

I like to stretch first because it seems to calm things down some. I like this one because I can control the pressure.

[ritch]

I like to stretch first because it seems to calm things down some. I like this one because I can control the pressure.

Thanks!
I do the same stretch. So much easier against the wall, most hold the other leg but that kills my wrists and you're not even relaxed.  I hold it for minutes at a time.

[WalterWhite]

Thanks!
I do the same stretch. So much easier against the wall, most hold the other leg but that kills my wrists and you're not even relaxed.  I hold it for minutes at a time.

Exactly and for some reason it makes the roller hurt less.

[Never1AShow]

Sorry i probably misrepresented myself. I am not cheap, i do not need to tapw balls together and €40 or so wont kill me, the profit margin pisses me off. It is a piece of foam. I recycle it everytime i get an appliance, dont put khaki patterns on it and charge 10000% markup.

I am also lax with stretching which is idiotic given my constant shoulder pain but there you go. I hurt my vastus medialis impressing my son with a jump between walls before going bowling tonight when my legs are in pieces from training yesterday. I am smart but a total dumbass sometimes... this was some time.

What about taping the two tennis balls to the bottom of the foam roller, then you could have the best of both worlds.  Both the shaft and the balls.

[cephissus]

like stretching, it hurts but i never feel any progress

always try it for a time, then give up

so frustrating

[DroppingPlates]

Agree. Home Depot is your friend.

No fucking way, YOU and I agree on something

[CalvinH]

I keep meaning to get one but out of principle i wont pay the 45 euro for 2 euros of foam. Im also too impatient to use the ones in gym or to stretch so it would be like a fatso buying an exercise bike.

Amazon is your friend.

[_bruce_]

Inserted vertically? 

Ultimate "knot" release  - called the "Trudeau Stretch"

[The Wizard of Truth]

Rumble roller is my fav
If u put the rumble roller under your neck and lay on your back you can massage your neck and the back of your skull side to side or in a circle-feels amazing

What site would you recommend gene?

[ritch]

Amazon is your friend.

until the shipping prices come up... Amazon is great if you live in the US though!

[CalvinH]

until the shipping prices come up... Amazon is great if you live in the US though!

Didn't think of that. I got  mine for under $20.00 with shipping.


...man rolling can hurt like a motherf@cker!

[wes]

Christ,I`ve been saying I`m gonna` start stretching for the last 10 years at least.


It seems after I train and do cardio I just feel like leaving the gym.


Tin Man Of Peace

[DroppingPlates]

Christ,I`ve been saying I`m gonna` start stretching for the last 10 years at least.


It seems after I train and do cardio I just feel like leaving the gym.


Tin Man Of Peace

I believe that stretching is somehow overrated, esp when you train with good form (full ROM)

Foam rolling is more like giving yourself a deep massage, without talking the risk that this cute Thai appears to be a lady boy...

[wes]

I believe that stretching is somehow overrated, esp when you train with good form (full ROM)

Foam rolling is more like giving yourself a deep massage, without talking the risk that this cute Thai appears to be a lady boy...

I do train with full ROM of course.......not like the 1/4 reppers that populate the gyms of today.


Thanks DP,you made me feel less guilty about failing to stretch!