Are film guns effective?
Fascia guns have become popular in the fitness field recently. Compared with foam rollers and massage balls, fascia guns have become the massage tool chosen by many people because of their ease of use.
But is the fascia gun really that magical? Today, let’s learn about the working principle of the fascia gun and its functions
1. Principle of the fascia gun
The fascia gun is mainly Through high-frequency vibration, the effect of increasing tissue blood flow and relaxing muscles is achieved.
Improve muscle soreness
Delayed onset muscle soreness refers to obvious muscle soreness that begins the day after exercise. Generally, the soreness will be relieved within 3 days, but some people can last until a week. . Delayed onset muscle soreness usually occurs in novices, that is, people who do not usually exercise suddenly start exercising, or people who have exercise habits suddenly increase the amount of training or training they have not done
Fascial gun massage can help Improve delayed muscle soreness
When you have delayed muscle soreness, using a fascial gun can help you improve pain, relax muscles, and increase joint mobility
Usually After strenuous exercise, such as thigh muscle stiffness after squatting, using a fascia gun can help relieve muscle tightness and increase joint mobility
Can the fascia gun relieve shoulder, neck and lower back discomfort?
For sedentary people who often suffer from stiff shoulders and necks and tight upper back trapezius muscles, the fascia gun is also useful
Tight muscles can lead to poor blood circulation, causing Local muscle hypoxia and accumulation of metabolic wastes cause muscle inflammation and pain, and a vicious cycle causes the muscles to become tighter... At this time, the fascial gun has the effect of reducing pain and relaxing muscles
But it should be noted that This can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The fundamental problem is poor posture or maintaining the posture for too long. It will not get better unless the bad habits are changed.
2. How to use the fascial gun and precautions
It is mainly suitable for moving muscles, such as lower limb muscle mass after squats, upper limbs Massage the shoulder, deltoid, and arm muscles after exercise
Method: Use a fascial gun on the same area for about 30-120 seconds, and the time should not be too long. You can start with the lowest frequency and place it gently on the muscles without heavy pressure. Deeper and thicker muscles (such as gluteal muscles) can increase the vibration frequency. Sore muscles will easily feel sore when using the fascia gun. The correct frequency should make the muscles gradually relax. If increasing the frequency makes people unconsciously tighten the muscles, the frequency should be reduced.
Do not use on joints or bone protrusions. Blood vessels and nerves are usually superficial where they pass through joints. Direct use of a fascia gun there can easily cause damage to blood vessels or nerves.
3. Conditions not suitable for fascia gun
The fascia gun is not suitable for "acute sprains", such as ankle sprains or muscle tears.
Delayed onset muscle soreness is different from acute strains and contusions. Lacerations mostly occur at the moment, with obvious pain, while delayed onset muscle soreness usually occurs the next day or longer after exercise. The pain of time