Broadcast excerpt·SAT, 05 SEPT 2026 · 05:15:54–05:17:04 SAST
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Spa areas and body recovery centers where this has now grown as a trend. But those people are very well versed in the fascia and in assessing which areas of the body need it more and need more of the tempering than others. So, you know, if you're going to do it on your own, rather be very careful and make sure you do your research on it. Are there people for whom this might not necessarily work? For instance, if you have particular injuries or if you have an inflammatory condition like arthritis, are there people for whom this might
Just be not the right thing, or like you said, this should be done under supervision. Other people just need to be taking extra care if they're going to be choosing to doing body tampering. As if anything, pain is not necessarily your friend. So, you know, this shouldn't induce pain, you might get a sensation as it releases. I mean, foam running for many people, because particularly the first time they do it, so just on a normal foam runner, which is sponge or compressed sponge, can be.
Very uncomfortable and very sore. Obviously, the idea is that what you do it more, you make it less. But this, because it's static and it's on a particular point, it shouldn't really hurt. So, you know, if an area is already sore and injured, it's best to go to speak to a medical professional like a physiotherapist or a chiropractor if they're related to they do a lot of sports stuff before you start doing this to yourself because obviously there can be a negative effect. With things like arthritis, remember arthritis is inflammatory inflammation around the joints. So we're not really going to put a roller on the joints.
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