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Foam Rolling- Evidence Based Results?
Posted: 12 April 2012 11:10 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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“Although I am a big advocate of the release techniques, not all areas of the body respond well to this treament and rolling for the sake of rolling is simply a waste of time.“Regenerationlab.com July 21, 2003The foam rolling saga continues as Mike Boyle shared his thought out beliefs on the use of foam rollers with athletes. Many of the “Mikes” are proponents of SMRT such as Mike Robertson, D

 
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Posted: 12 April 2012 01:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Good stuff..

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Posted: 12 April 2012 03:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Concur as well.  Several pieces of worthwhile info to capture, examine with forethought and report back on.

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Posted: 13 April 2012 11:18 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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From my understanding I always have used foam rolling as a recovery method not as a warm-up. I fail to see how rolling can warm anyone up. It doesn’t involve raising a core body temperature. Rather it is a variant of static stretching.

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