Self-myofascial release (aka foam rolling ... on stretching tight muscles instead of strengthening, especially the hip flexors,” Granat says. “A muscle that is weak can feel tight when ...

Self-myofascial release techniques have gained substantial ... To use this technique effectively, place a tennis ball under your foot, hip or between your shoulder blades and apply body weight ...

More specifically, myofascial release balls. Whether tennis ... consider releasing the low back, hamstrings, or hip flexors, working around the tension rather than solely targeting it,” says ...

In humans, it is a continuous web that runs from head to foot without interruption, encompassing every muscle, bone and nerve, according to practitioners of myofascial-release massage.