Pain + Fascia: Should You Be Using Therapy Balls At The Gym?

Whether you're sitting at a desk all day, battling the rush-hour commute, your sleep patterns are all over the place, or you're just stressed to the bone, there comes a time when something's gotta give - and it's usually your body! While annoying, the kicker about body pain is that it's not even about vanity or comfort: physical aches and pains are a very real sign that your internal machinery is out of whack. Fascia, aka your "connective tissue fibers," are the tiny fibers that give your muscular system support - attaching, stabilizing, and protecting your muscles and organs from damage. Those aches and pains in your body are another way of saying: your fascial tissues (and sanity) are crying for help. With more than 27 years of expertise in anatomy and movement, Jill Miller is a pioneer in linking our fitness practices to pain management. Her solution to our fascial frustration? Therapy balls - specifically, Yoga Tune Up Balls. These fit-cessorries are game changers and her book The Roll Model is a step-by-step guide to managing pain through a series of exercises that literally get your body rolling. Pain Pain is an epidemic. It prevents you from performing at your best because it robs you of concentration, power and peace of mind. The Roll Model method gives you the tools to deliver a simple, self-treatment process to identify the body's blind spots (areas that are catalysts for pain and injury) and incorporate pain-relief and performance-boosting exercises. In less than five minutes daily you can increase mobility and eradicate pain for good. These exercises target the fascia, which is the ubiquitous living seam system in your body that threads your tissues to one another. The fascia a very important connective tissue in your body; wherever the Therapy Balls roll, they impact your body’s fascia. Everyone's tissues need comprehensive, integrated strategies to restore optimal performance so you can do what you want to do, better and pain-free. It's time to take life by the balls and get rolling!

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