Great Workout Tool: Massage Therapy Ball
What’s massage therapy ball? Massage therapy ball is also known as fascia ball or trigger pint ball, a simple but effective fitness equipment for body massaging and relief. Why massage therapy ball is important during workout? Fascia is everywhere in the human body, the whole bones, muscles are wrapped in the fascia. If body is a small universe, then fascia is the Internet with its own intelligence. When we exercise, our muscles contract with force and the muscle fibers are stretched, which may produce a slight inflammation. This inflammation can cause us to have muscle soreness the next day, especially if we haven’t exercised for a long time or do unfamiliar movements. There are many gaps between our muscle tissue (as picture), just like a sponge cake. These gaps provide space for body fluids to bring nutrients to the muscles while taking away metabolic waste. When these gaps become smaller, muscle recovery will be slower, and the muscles will not recover easily from the inflammatory state at this time, and the soreness will last longer. When the fascial relaxation ball is pressed on the muscle, just like we are pressing a sponge cake, the muscle gaps will become larger after
