Foam rollers & lacrosse balls: how they actually work.
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DC, Pre-Script® Founder
The physiology behind self-myofascial release is popularly bastardized and widely misunderstood. While “breaking up scar tissue” seems like a reasonable explanation, it’s actually impossible with foam rollers, lacrosse balls, and the like. The actual mechanism at work here is sensory input.
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