Foam Rolling for Dummies - by Mike D Ryan (Paperback)

About the Book

"Improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent injuries; 56 targeted treatments to enhance muscle performance; Regain range of motion and unluck muscles" -- Cover.

Book Synopsis

A full-color, step-by-step guide to get fit, prevent injury and end pain using your foam roller

Foam rolling is not just a fad; if you're active in sport or work out regularly, you know how crucial it is to keep your muscles limber and pain-free to stay active and mobile. As a form of Myofascial Release Therapy, foam rolling is an effective technique for unlocking your tight muscles and restrictive myofascial connective tissue. Foam rolling helps increase your overall body mobility and joint range of motion, decreases pain and shortens recovery times--and it generally supercharges your body to reap the benefits of your active lifestyle!

Written in an easy-to-follow, no-jargon style by NFL physical therapist and trainer for 26 years Mike Ryan, Foam Rolling For Dummies shares proven roller tips usually reserved for professional athletes to help you quickly restore healthy harmony between your muscles and joints. Once you know the science behind foam rolling, you'll understand how to use specific body-rolling techniques to address specific problems and goals, whether they're eliminating painful muscle trigger points, loosening tight fascia, improving body flexibility, or just relaxing muscles faster after a workout.

• Enhance athletic performance
• Improve injury prevention
• Learn rapid roller techniques
• Manage fibromyalgia
• Reduce soft tissue injuries
• Understand your myofascial system
• Reduce painful muscles

Whether you want to maximize your fitness program, manage your muscle pain or pursue other health goals, this guide puts on a roll for an enhanced body--and an enhanced life.

From the Back Cover

• Improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent injuries
• 56 targeted treatments to enhance muscle performance
• Regain range of motion and unlock muscles

Eliminate tight muscles to enhance your fitness and health

Whether you're a serious athlete, a fitness enthusiast challenging yourself, or someone dealing with chronic pain, foam rolling will help your body. Written by a sports medicine expert, this full-color guide offers simple instructions with informational photos to show you exactly how to use more than 50 foam roller techniques. Learn specific body rolling sequences for various sports and injuries, benefit from fitness tips and wellness advice, and discover how this proven solution for tight, painful muscles and joints can improve your life.

Inside...

• Explore the myofascial system
• Increase range of motion
• Ease muscle pain
• Help prevent injury
• Manage fibromyalgia symptoms
• Enhance stretching ability
• Improve performance
• Make workouts more productive

About the Author

Mike Ryan, PT, ATC, CES, PES, dedicated 26 full seasons to work with the NFL as a athletic trainer, sports medicine analyst, and physical therapist. He's a nationally recognized speaker and consultant whose unique, hands-on approach to injury management and wellness is easy to understand, simple to apply, and produces fast, observable results.