Question on Self Myofascial Release
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I just want to check if I did it right.
I haven't got a foam yet, but I found this thing at home. It is something to train grip I think. It is shaped like a ball, size around a palm minus fingers. It is softer than a tennis ball, yet harder than foam, so I guess it should work.
What I did:
I put the ball thing on a hard floor. Then I laid down on the floor with the ball between my upper back and the floor, and I let as much of my body weight lie on the ball as possible. I could feel it pressing into the muscles, and there was some pain. Pain is like when you did a heavy back workout, then when it is tired, and someone helped u massage by finger pressure that type of pain... It's like pain, yet comfortable type of pain. Some parts of the muscles could be much more painful. At some parts where it is rather tired, I stretch the back muscle a bit and felt the pressure deeper in the muscles. I put my bodyweight on the ball through that contact part for about a minute before switching to another part of the back.
After effect was my back felt less tight then when I tried it. It certainly felt better. -
You can also try raising your arm for the side which you are doing for.
Correct me if i am wrong -
Ya I did that for my right side, which was much more tired, and thus more painful, than the left side. Sort of 'stretched' it...Originally posted by Simon Dean:You can also try raising your arm for the side which you are doing for.
Correct me if i am wrong
My back always felt tired... Last time I gained some relief by pressing it hard against the bars in an MRT train whenever there are too many people and I'm standing
If my above method was correct, I'm going to try it for leg too