Foam Rolling Infographic

By Geoff Griffiths @mmatraining1980

Foam rolling, great if you’re an office worker, and/or an MMA fighter.

I’ve got one in work, and one in the lounge for when I’m watching TV.

Avoid your spine, and either hold the foam roller still for 1-2 mins on any sore ‘trigger points’ or move up and down the muscle slowly.
There is the ‘friction’ technique from sports massage whereby you go back and forth quickly over a knot in the muscle, but some people find this aggrevates the spot more than anything…

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