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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Together we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- Tryna wake people up here Brad.
- That's right.
(Brad clapping)
- Okay, today we're gonna show you
how to choose a foam roller.
Don't buy one until you watch this
because we're gonna give you some good advice.
- Yeah, you wanna make sure you get the one
that you really want that's gonna do the job
and it's not too hard once you figure it out.
Yeah, there's a lot of foam rollers out there.
We gotta narrow it down for you.
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- Brad show the product real quick.
- Yeah, here we go.
We've got our new pull-up system that we just came up with.
- Now look at this.
- You just put it up there.
This one's already up.
You can rotate your wrists.
It's free.
- You can do it.
- And you just work it like this.
- What do you mean, it's free?
- You have a free system.
- Oh, I see.
- It's not free, pardon me.
- But now you'll get, you'll get two
or three anchors along with it, Brad.
So you want to show how
you could actually go wide based posts.
I know you don't want to do that
'cause you have an injury right now but.
- I can do one.
- Okay
- There we go.
I mean, you have to have wooden studs in your walls
and those anchors worked great then.
- Yeah don't be calling us
and saying that it came out on you because.
- Wooden, wooden studs not steel studs.
Most people have that.
- Okay first off, why would you buy a foam roller Brad?
And you know, there's a lot of reasons.
One of the biggest ones I think is people
wanna make their muscles pliable.
- Sure.
- And be able to handle injury
and maybe you already have some tenderness,
some pain in the muscle and you can roll that out.
I like it because they're,
you can roll out a large area fairly quick.
- Right.
- You know like a massage gun is great,
but there, it's more concentrated and so.
So it can improve flexibility,
range of motion, relieve muscle pain.
Anything you want to add Brad?
- Yeah, I specifically use it for rolling out large muscles,
mostly my hamstrings and glutes, but I use it for posture.
- Oh sure.
- And I use it for my back actually too.
- Oh yeah.
- Crack the back.
- Yeah.
- I'll do that.
- You're talking about self mobilization.
- I do that for my pot.
It's a great combination.
I really do.
I just used it last week
quite a bit for that.
- Yeah I, and I don't know if there's any research on this
but it says that it helps prevent injuries.
I know that there'll be people that would attest to that
that Tom Brady, for sure.
He feels like he was getting so many sore muscles
and sore joints
and once he started foam rolling,
he uses a vibrating foam rollers.
- Right.
- That his injury level and pain level went way down.
- He does a few other things besides the roller.
- He does a few things.
- But it's all related to muscle pliability.
- So you can try to reduce soreness after exercise,
and before exercise too.
And it relieves tightness of muscles,
or knots and muscles, those knots.
So Tanner why don't we roll it here?
So we're going to now show you what, you know
three features to consider.
Probably the first thing you want to consider is density.
- In other words, how hard it is.
The black ones, it's typically
the black ones are the hardest through most manufacturers.
I'm not sure if it's all of them and then the gray one here
and now these are actually even softer yet.
I use this one.
I find it the most comfortable.
- This one is the most softest Brad.
- Yeah it is.
It's a little too soft for me.
- Yeah that one is,
so these are from all OTP and this is,
seems like one is very popular because it's,
it's not too soft.
It's not like baby or Mama bear, Papa bear.
It's just right.
- In general, if you are a strong or beefy person,
you may tolerate and prefer
the more aggressive firmer density.
You know, like Bob and I, you have one like this too?
- I have one like this, but I, no, I don't.
I have to admit, I have one like this
but I don't use it anymore.
I'm using more aggressive.
- Oh, that's right.
You're using that one now.
- Yeah.
- Well it's true.
After you use one for a while,
sometimes you do want a little bit more aggressive one.
- Yeah, as you go on
I think you will progress.
- Which is good.
- We're going to talk about size and shaping.
So this is probably a standard size, Brad
six inches by three feet.
- Yup, 36 inches.
- And, but you'll find smaller ones that are good for
if you want to like, take it
to the gym and put it in your bag.
- Sure.
- It'd be a lot easier.
- There are some specific advantages
to having the 36 inch.
- Especially if you want to lie on it.
- Right.
- Do you want to show that real quick Brad?
- Sure.
- Just to just show it on the mat here.
- Absolutely.
Yeah, I'll use this one.
So yeah, one specific reason why we like
because it really relates to posture
as well as good for that spine I think as well.
Neck posture, head posture,
you lay it, and you're not gonna to do this on your bed.
This will be done on the floor.
- Brad, do you know what, the other day I did it on my bed?
- You did? Wow.
- And the reason I liked doing it on the bed is
'cause it was a little more stable.
- Like sunk into the bed.
- Yeah, it sunk into the bed.
If you are, you know, older or a beginner,
it's not the worst thing to do.
Now they do come with these attachments
you can buy, which actually is good for your head
if you don't have the mobility.
- Right.
If you have head forward posture kind of stuck there
which some older people are, and you cannot get
your head down without pain or uncomfortable stretch,
then you may want to start with it.
You don't have to buy this.
You know, you can use a pillow or a towel.
- And we prefer that you get your head down
there if you can.
- Right, yup.
That's the goal.
- But that's why you would need a three footer.
- Yeah.
- But we used to, and Brad, I think we all used to do this
would just cut some of these
in half and give them to a patient.
- Right.
- Especially if it was for a specific muscle
instead of doing the posture thing.
- Yeah, and then you could get two or three out of one.
- Now there's also this size here
that will be OPTP came up with.
- Is that four-inch?
- Yeah, it's a four-inch.
I think it's actually a little more tense.
- Yeah, smaller. - Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, small diameter.
So it actually works muscles harder.
I think this is about a medium density I would say.
- Yeah, it's a little softer.
- So we're looking at density, we're looking at size.
There's also a kind where they actually
cut it in half basically.
We don't have one of those here.
So imagine this cut in half.
- This way.
- Yeah, transverse is that what it'd be called?
- Yeah, yeah.
Kind of like, If you looked at it from the cutaway view
it'd look like a half moon.
- Yeah or a half smile.
- And that way it doesn't roll.
You set it down and its stable.
- Right. It just sits there,
you don't have to worry about it going away.
Now, the other thing is if you want to get one
and there's a lot of different variations on this,
ones that have ridges or bumps
and this is what I like Brad, because I'm.
- Show it this way.
- I'm now to the point where I really want to get in there
- Yeah
- This is aggressive.
I mean, this, this will make your yell a little bit.
- And you can get these at Vibrate.
- Yeah.
- And those are probably bought as aggressive
as you can get with rollers.
- Right, so, you know, you definitely
won't want to start with that.
Now, construction.
This is the third thing to consider.
Brad and I talked about like, if you get one
from the big box stores and they're really inexpensive.
- Expensive or inexpensive?
- Inexpensive.
- Cheap.
The reason is they're probably made out of
open cell construction.
And it's suitable, it's just going to break down faster.
I don't know if that's true or not.
I mean, how much faster it's going to break down.
I think it's a good one to start with
because they're inexpensive
and you can kind of see what you want to do.
And then after a while
you can maybe go to a more expensive one.
- Yeah go to the advanced.
- I'm guessing this Brad.
These are like that EPA or EPP foam.
- Mmmhmm.
- Cause it seems like it's a different material.
- Oh right, yeah for sure.
- These are really high quality.
Yeah, you can take it up Tanner.
Yeah EVA foam.
These are, I'm guessing cause these are really durable
and waterproof and the whole thing.
- They're the deluxe model.
- Right, right.
So I mean, if I were to pick one
for a medium to start off with
I would say something like this.
- Sure, as far as medium density.
- Yeah, medium density good starter kind of nice looking.
- You know, this is a little cheaper than these.
- Yep, these are cheaper.
- And they're okay to start with as well
I mean, you want to start with that.
It's called that the axis, AXIS.
- They feel similar actually, or they look similar.
- Yeah the gray one and the blue one are.
But this one's definitely,
and if I'm getting one for my wife
I'm definitely getting this one not that one.
- Sure.
- Or maybe that one.
- Yeah exactly.
- Just color wise.
- Keep things happy at home.
So, you know, our advice
by the way is worth exactly what you paid for it,
it's free and it's worth that much.
So, all right.
Brad and I can fix just about anything
- Except for
- A broken heart
- Right, and these foam rollers
probably aren't going to help
unless it's a gift, you know?
- Right.
Oh and by the way, what might help is, we love you.
We love you.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
- Oh, good.
- Yeah that'll help a broken heart right?
- Of course.
- All right thanks.