As of late, I have seen more and more clients who come to
me for MELT instructions and who proudly tell me that they own a foam roller.
Some of them even bring it along when they see me. I am informed that they
would like to know how to use it correctly. Invariably, those are the hard foam
rollers, often the white Styrofoam version, sometimes even the black one that to
me feels nothing short of lightweight concrete.
When I ask how they are using it, they often confess that
they are really not because it hurts so badly. In one case, a guy told me that he
had actually made matters worse rather than better.
The MELT roller is made of much softer material which
yields gently to the touch. It has a textured surface. Before I start my MELT
instructions, I ask them to suspend the belief that a roller needs to hurt in
order to do any good, and off we MELT.
The first time my new MELTers get on the soft roller, I
always hear a sigh of “Oh that feels much better”, and that’s all the
convincing I need to do thereafter.
There may be a place for a hard roller and all the other
devices out there. I have taken classes at conferences with them, and, frankly,
I felt as if I had been beaten up with a baseball bat rather than feeling
better. So no more hard rollers for me.
Not at all.
And from all I have heard from the new soft roller
converts, the question now is what to do with the hard roller. I am collecting ideas
of creative uses for the hard foam rollers.
Any suggestions?
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