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Your Guide to Foam Rolling
Key areas for Myofascial release
Arch of Foot Partially standing on the ball to get the downward pressure needed, roll along the bottom of the foot from heel to toe but also from left to right across the foot. Make sure you keep the foot relaxed
Peroneals Roll up and down along the outside of the shin bone, rotating the leg in and out scanning for tight painful areas. Relax by pointing the toes down.
Calves Roll from the heel always up towards yourself to the back of the knee, rotating the leg to reach the inner and outer areas of the muscle belly, point the toes down away from you to help relax the leg.
Quads Rolling from the from top of the knee cap up to the front of the hip, rotating the leg in and out screening for tight painful areas along the whole muscle.
Glutes Placing the roll under your butt cheek, roll up and down and rotate body to get to the inner and outer parts of your Glute.
TFL Place the roller in between the pelvis and the outer bone of the hip, then rolling your body forward on the roller to get to the front of the hip and then also rotate back the other way onto the butt.
Piriformis Place your ankle on the same side over yor opposite knee, sit your butt cheek of the same leg on the roller and search for the painful spot by rolling in and out and up and down
IT Band Rolling from the outer hip bone along down the outside of the leg to the the knee, rotating your body over and back to scan all areas of the muscle.
Hamstrings Sitting on the roller placing your weight on the opposite leg. Roll from the sitting bone down to the back of the knee. Rotating your body forward and backward to reach the inner and outter aspects of the muscle. Relax the leg
Groin (Adductors) Placing most of your weight on the opposite leg roll down from the inside where the groin meets the pelvis all the way to the inside of the knee. Leaning you body forward and backward to find most painful areas, relax the leg
Lower Back Muscles (erectors) Roll from your pelvis up along the back, rotating to the left and right to reach different areas of the muscle
Triceps Roll the back of the arm from the back of the arm pit down to the back of the elbow. Rotating the body in and out to screen the whole muscle.
Rotator cuff Place the roller in the armpit. rotate the body forward so the roller is in the armpit and then rotate the body all the way back so the roller is on the back of the shoulder blade. Hold on pain and relax until the pain eases.
Lats Start with the roller in the armpit rolling up and down the side of your torso towards the outside of your hip. Rotating the body forward and backward slightly to screen the entire muscle. Thoracic spine
Starting position, roller on mid spine and core tight.
Roll Right & left
Extend your back and arms overhead keeping a tight core Pecs &Chest Place the roller on the top of the front of the arm and roll into the chest, Searching of tight painful areas.
Neck Release Place the ball on the back of the neck near the back of the skull working down along the neck.
Pectoral Release Start Position Take the ball in the opposite hand of the chest you want to work on, with the same arm grap the opposite elbow.
Pectoral Release With the opposite hand push the ball into the front of the chest muscle, roll around for tight spots. Apply over pressure by pulling on the opposite elbow with the same arm.
Upper Traps Using your opposite hand place the ball under the big shoulder muscle.
Upper Traps Then lift the hips high, elevate the same arm above your head to apply extra pressure.
Foam Rolling
Hip Flexors Place the roller at the very front of the hip, work up and down between the pelvis and the top of the leg also rotating the body in and out to find tight areas.
Prepared by Albert Kehoe, Chartered Physiotherapist
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Self-‐myofascial release via a foam roller is a form of massage used by athletes, Physiotherapists and other movement and sport professionals. Myofascial release is a technique developed by Barnes (1997), that is used to improve range of motion and may be used as a warm-‐up, recovery, or maintenance strategy. A small number of recent studies suggest that foam rolling leads to short term (2-‐10 minutes) increases of 5-‐12% in range of motion without concomitant deficits in strength (Mohr et al. 2014, Sullivan et al. 2013, MacDonald et al. 2013). The studies evaluating the effect of foam rolling on range of motion have explored different parameters of the technique in terms of duration and pressure. One study found that 10s of foam rolling of the hamstrings was better than than 5s and that 2 sets were better than 1 on the hamstrings on sit and reach (Sullivan et al 2013). This was a conservative application of 1 roll cycle per second (distal to proximal knee fold to buttock fold) and may not reflect the typical clinical application of a foam roller. A harder foam roller may provide better soft tissue pressure and isolated contact area (MacDonald et al. 2014) Lack of an appropriate control or blinded assessors introduces the possibility of detection bias in these studies. It is not clear how participants were recruited some studies and it is important to remember that they were young non-‐injured populations. Additionally, the methods used to measure range of motion in these studies are questionable. This means that these findings must be interpreted with caution. However, it must be remembered that is very difficult to conduct this type of research due primarily due to differences in individual’s morphology, the complex nature of injury prevention, performance and rehabilitation and measuring relevant outcomes in the right way. We have outlined some general principles to consider when “foamrolling” and some proposed ways in which this technique may work. We hope you find this information helpful and would be very interested in hearing your comments in how this technique works for you.... Principles
• Warm up (e.g. 5 minutes bicycle) • Roll the foam roller from proximal to distal using short kneading like
movements • Some studies have used 15% -‐ 36% of body weight on the targeted body
part another suggests placing “as much of your body mass as possible on the foam roller”. Do what works best for you
• From a clinical reasoning perspective, it makes sense to strengthen new available range, thus...
Mechanism of action The physiological mechanism by which Self Myofascial Release enhances Range of Motion may be different than static stretching. The following are the proposed ways in which foam rolling may lead to gains in range of motion through local and central mechanism i.e. at the level of the muscle and central nervous system.
• Friction raises the temperature of the fascia which may help soft tissue extensibility
• Thixotropic property of fascia. This theory describes that when undisturbed, fascia. takes on a more solid form, which can restrict movement. If heat from rolling friction, mechanical stress, massage or pressure is applied to the fascia, it can become more pliable.
• Mechanoreceptor activation and H Reflex inhibition at spinal cord. • Pain inhibition through re-‐organisation of the sensory map in the brain