Does Foam Rolling Improve Athletic Performance?

Dr Kiel quickly reviews a study where researchers investigate the effects of foam rolling on athletic performance.
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Sports and physical exercise of any type result in repetitive microtrauma to muscle groups, leading to soreness, fatigue and potentially injury or dysfunction. For this reason, physical active individuals and those caring for them are frequently trying to identify ways to decrease or mitigate these symptoms to help improve recovery and performance.
One such modality has been massage therapy and more recently, foam rolling. The goal of these techniques is myofascial release, or relaxing the muscle and fascial tension. Foam rolling has become popular because it can be performed by the individual without assistance.
It is postulated that foam rolling may allow an athlete to increase their volume of training or decrease dysfunction, however there is limited data demonstrating the efficacy of this claim. Despite this, athletes, active individuals, trainers and coaches often employee foam rolling as part of their warm up and/or cool down.
The authors of this study wanted “to determine whether self myofascial release using foam rollers enhances acute athletic performance when compared with planking, a similar isometric exercise.”

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