If you’ve ever seen someone rolling around on a foam roller at the gym or heard your friend talk about pummeling their sore muscles with a massage gun, then you might wonder what sets the two recovery ...

Foam rollers -- those colorful cylinders often tucked into the corners of fitness facilities or home gyms -- are used for self-- myofascial release, which is essentially a form of self-massage. The ...

Foam rolling has been a revolutionary method for self-massage, but is it something we all need? Though the science is mixed in its benefits/lack of benefits to human performance (strength, speed, ...

Back in the day, a good massage was often a luxury reserved for spa visits or the firm hands of a trusted masseuse. Today, things have changed-and tools like foam rollers, massage sticks, and electric ...

Foam rollers aren’t magic, but they can be handy for certain pre- and post-exercise movements. Here are the two main ways to use yours. Before a workout, in place of stretching If you’re familiar with ...

If you’re sore from a workout and looking for a productive way to spend your rest day, consider spending some time with your foam roller. Foam rolling is an excellent way to speed up recovery since it ...

TUCKED AWAY IN a corner of virtually every gym sits at least one foam roller—a cylindrical, piece of padded PVC that has become a mainstream tool for massaging muscle tissue. There’s nothing magical ...

My 2025 running resolution is to stretch more. Forget 5K or half-marathon PRs. It’s high time to take pre- and post-run prep seriously. And maybe, hopefully, these will also lead to some PRs. But ...