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Our tester, an avid runner, suffers from sore and tight muscles due to the repetitive motion of running. Subjective assessments have suggested that vibration can aid recovery and/or mitigate foam-rolling-related discomfort, Thomas Best, MD, PhD, professor of orthopaedics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, told us in a phone interview. If you're in a DIY kind of mood, you can get similar results with a soft T-shirt cut into strips, says Fugate. Great for runners with particularly tight muscles (hello, hamstrings) it’s the ideal size for really focusing on one leg at a time. A physical therapist from our Review Board also reviewed the contents of this article for accuracy, how to use foam rollers and the best way to evaluate them.

This notched multi-density Triggerpoint option is helpful for people who want a range of intensities to their foam roller, with enough firmness to dig into knots within small and large muscle groups. According to the brand, the exterior roller is meant to massage your arms and legs, while the interior roller is designed to release tension in your back. You can 'pinch' your hair together to make sure it doesn't fall off the sides which creates tangles," Fugate says. To choose the products we tested, we spent hours reading online descriptions and reviews, in addition to editorial recommendations from the likes of Runner’s World, Health, BestProducts.

It was so nice to be able to foam roll in my hotel in the morning for a gentle stretch and in the evening to work out tension before bed. But don’t let that put you off – at 45cm it’s still larger than most, and is great for working on smaller areas or one arm or leg at a time.

And a handheld option that fits in a gym bag is great for its portability, for hitting smaller muscles (such as your neck or ankles), and for partner work, if you’re lucky enough to have someone who’ll use the roller on you. Whether you're rolling out tight hamstringsor sore calves, the roller relieves tension—it even helped our tester sleep better at night thanks to effective relief.More expensive than our other picks and available only in a 13-inch length, the Rush Roller nevertheless delivers thanks to a diamond-shaped pattern of ridges that allows you to address knots in specific muscle groups (calves, glutes, and so on) with precision. Likewise, other implements, such as firm rubber balls or smaller rollers, are also available and are great for very specific purposes—but because of their specificity, we didn’t look at those for this guide.