Ask WH
Sep 01, 2019
3 minutes
COMPILED BY: PENNY CARROLL.
THE BIG QUESTION
Should foam rolling hurt this much?
Answer If there’s a fine line between nice pain (think: a massage) and pain-pain (a bikini wax), foam rolling might just be that line. “The pain comes from the initial pressure undoing knots and releasing trigger points,” explains PT James Pisano. And unlike planning your best mate’s hens’ weekend, in this scenario, added pressure helps. Foam rolling frees up your fascia – the fibrous tissue surrounding your muscles – stretching and loosening it so
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