Allow us to introduce myofascial release, a technique in which pressure is applied to the fascia — the connective tissue that surrounds every muscle in your body — in the hopes of relieving pain and ...

A gua sha scraping massage tool is used for the Chinese massage therapy practice that calls for rubbing the tool over your skin in long strokes. It is believed to improve circulation and promote lymph ...

“Self-myofascial release” sounds like a fancy therapeutic term, but if you’ve ever used a foam roller or tennis ball to work out muscle knots, kinks or soreness, you’ve already done it. The latest ...

Going to see a professional massage therapist or having a masseuse come over can be expensive — or maybe you just want the relaxing and tension-relieving benefits without having to disrobe in front of ...

Here's what happened when one writer tried Wildling Beauty's Empress Wand, a massage tool made for releasing clenched jaw muscles and sore necks. For someone who lives by the beach in Southern ...

"The effects of muscle guns [are] widely beneficial when applied correctly," Mann says. From helping reduce spasms after ...

Incorporating facial massage into your routine can do wonders for the quality of your skin, and even help to shape, firm and ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. As a Pilates teacher, I am quite familiar with the various self-massage tools available to relieve ...

Stress is an inevitable fact of life. There can be positive stress, like starting a new job, or negative stress, like losing a job you really liked. But the tension that can live in our bodies as a ...