If you own a foam roller as part of your workout gear, you aren’t alone. According to a OnePoll survey commissioned by Dymatize, 34% of exercisers like to use the muscle massaging tool as part of ...

Erin Beresini is a journalist covering fitness, endurance sports, and health science. She is the author of ‘Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing.’ The short answer: ...

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 ...

Foam rolling has been around the physical therapy world for a while, but these days you frequently see it happening in gyms and studios. It’s a great tool for increasing flexibility and range of ...

Foam rolling may help alleviate tightness or trigger points in the quads, hamstrings, calves, lower back, lats, shoulders, and IT band, among other body parts. Foam rolling is a type of self-massage ...

You’ve probably been told to foam roll right before your workout because the process preps your body by increasing muscle activation and blood flow. (In fact, you may have read that on this site.) And ...

If you're not familiar with foam rolling, or myofascial release, it might be the solution for all of your aches and pains. Myofascial release is a safe and effective hands-on technique that involves ...