Who invented foam rollers

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Hi Noel, thanks for stopping by. Watch This. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. But it still works well to loosen and relieve muscles once you get used to it. Kind of like what cars were to horse carriages. Or, the television was to books and newspapers. Massage guns are a whole new invention that solve similar problems to foam rollers— and they are way more effective. Plus, they are more convenient to use practically anywhere. But massage guns are not without their own problems.

Back in the day when the first massage gun was hobbled together, it was LOUD, clunky, and honestly not a very pleasant experience. Since then, they have come a long way. Longer battery life, different attachment heads, way better sound insulation and motor percussion, and better ergonomics. Because the foam roller has been around for much longer, there are more studies on the effectiveness of foam rollers. Massage guns are relatively new technology, and so doesn't have many studies on the results.

However, the closest study is one published in in the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. All in all though, most experts don't think there's a significant difference in terms of results when it comes to foam rollers versus massage guns.

Massage guns are just more convenient to use, require less work and effort, and are more targeted. Not quite. Right now, there are certain trade-offs when engineering a massage gun. You can invest in a device with a better motor or better designed sound insulation to reduce noise leakage, but that is going to make the massage gun more expensive to produce than the average massage gun. In order to have a longer amplitude, the motor needs to be bigger.

But that means the motor is also slower, because it takes longer for the motor to make one revolution. Foam rolling can increase your range of motion and can improve the flexibility of your muscles as the movement relaxes your muscles.

Through foam rolling, you can increase the blood flow to your muscles, therefore decreasing your muscle recovery time. You can control how much pressure that you apply during foam rolling, helping you to relieve sore muscle tension.

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