Rocking back and forth on top of white foam cylinders in a hall in the back corner of the YMCA, there’s little doubt Bill Jenks and I were a curious sight. As we sat, lay and rolled across these dense ...

The Claim: Rolling your body over foam cylinders can improve flexibility, reduce post-workout soreness, prevent sports injuries and even alleviate chronic pain. The Verdict: Foam-roller therapy at ...

Combining foam rolling with wall sits can give you a comprehensive approach to muscle recovery. Start with foam rolling to release tension in the muscles before moving on to wall sits for ...

Back in the day, a good massage was often a luxury reserved for spa visits or the firm hands of a trusted masseuse. Today, things have changed-and tools like foam rollers, massage sticks, and electric ...

Foam rolling has been having something of a moment. This way to soothe soreness and improve muscular range of motion has garnered plenty of attention and for good reason. It's a much cheaper ...

At this point, the benefits of myofascial release therapy — what most of us know as foam rolling — have become so well known that there's probably not a gym in America, no matter how old-school, that ...

If the first time you saw this black foam cylinder laying across the gym floor you said, “What is this packaging material doing here?” Then that makes two of us. But, don’t be fooled, foam rollers are ...