Disadvantages Of Foam Rolling

You use a big soft but dense cylindrical object to roll out your tight muscles like the it band hamstrings quads and calves.

Disadvantages of foam rolling.

Foam rolling may help increase your range of motion but more research is needed range of motion is important for flexibility and performance. The foam roller itself was originally created by moshe feldenkrais who was a practitioner who believed in easing pain through focus on how you move. In 1987 a physical therapist began to use the roller for self massage and from there use of foam rollers. I simply thought if the pros were doing it i should be doing it too.

Researchers found evidence from one small study of 11. Originally the foam roller was used as a body support and to work on standing balance. Always a good idea to follow trends. However you can foam roll a cold muscle much more safely than static or dynamic stretching a cold muscle she says.

I didn t know how it worked or what the benefits and or disadvantages were. It acts as a kind of self massaging process that people can do themselves. I started foam rolling a few months ago after hearing so many athletes talk about the importance of it on the internet. Foam rolling is kind of like giving yourself a massage.

What foam rolling does. But what are the pros and cons. So i compiled a pros and cons list explaining my relationship with the foam roller. There are tons of benefits to it but there are also a lot of drawbacks.