One of the best recovery tools you can use to help treat sore muscles is a foam roller. While recovery has gone high-tech in recent years, this simple piece of equipment helps to roll out fascia—the ...

Active recovery days can be key to reaching your fitness goals. The trainer who designed our 4-Week Bodyweight Challenge, Bianca Vesco, created a workout calendar that's progressive. Think: two steps ...

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

Whether you’re gearing up for athletics, enjoy massages, or just have some sore muscles, a foam roller may be a good investment. These lightweight cylindrical tubes are made of compressed foam and ...

One of the most satisfying feelings after a hard workout are the subtle aches you get from exercising your muscles and building strength in areas that need work. After a while, those pains turn into ...

If you deal with daily chronic pain like me, you're willing to try almost anything to find relief. Enter the foam muscle roller, which is going to be your new best friend. While searching for the best ...

Amy Kwan, DPT, PT, has been a physical therapist for over 10 years. Foam rolling might help relieve sore and tight muscles in your glutes and hamstrings. It may be unsafe to use a foam roller if you ...

While there are tons of overhyped recovery aids, the foam roller is legit; a 2023 review published in Sports found more positive evidence to support this kind of self-myofascial release (AKA ...