Who doesn’t love a good massage… just not the price of one? Well, call yourself a massage therapist because believe it or not you can do soft tissue work on yourself! All you need is a lacrosse ball and our guidance to work out those tense and tight muscles in your lower body.
We show you four places in the lower body that are a common source for your tightness: the glutes, hip flexors, calves, and hamstrings. We guide you through where to position the lacrosse ball and how to maneuver your body to work on these tense muscles.
You can relieve tightness in the hips by targeting the hip flexors and glutes. You will hit the hip flexors by laying on top of the lacrosse ball using a stretch and release technique. Same idea with the glutes: pinpoint the area where you are experiencing extreme tightness and use the same technique as the hip flexors.
To hit the calves position yourself on top of the ball and roll up and down the length of those muscles. You can control how much pressure you put on the ball using your upper body depending on how tender the calves are. Last area we hit in the lower body is the hamstring where you can find the source of the pain and again, use the stretch and release technique we demonstrate!
If you have chronic tightness that you can’t seem to work out, we can provide you with our resources to find some relief! Call us at 678-400-0300.
