foam roller/tennis ball release?

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Southwales22 Feb 2012 3:06pm, 14 Feb 2012 2,998 posts	0 Southwales22 who does this often? when i first bought my foam roller it was fantastic but keeping up with it sort of fell by the way side, back on it today with tennis ball & roller & wow what a difference, so how do i motivate myself for just 10 mins a day??? if your not sure what im on about an example here ultitraining.wordpress.com
Mrs Winkle Feb 2012 3:08pm, 14 Feb 2012 5,732 posts	0 Mrs Winkle I'd say injury and pain-free running was a pretty good motivator. Works for me.
Southwales22 Feb 2012 3:10pm, 14 Feb 2012 2,999 posts	0 Southwales22 i know for something i know would be so beneficial to my body i dont seem to make time for it - MUST DO BETTER!!!
AndrewS Oct 2012 9:37am, 12 Oct 2012 286 posts	0 AndrewS Just took delivery of a foam roller yesterday. A friend was shocked to hear that I didn't use one when I was moaning about stiff calf muscles to him. So, bought one from Amazon (£9). Wow! It's amazing. I went from being tight and knotted to soft and springy in 10 minutes. I shall definately be doing this on a daily basis from now on
HermanBloom Oct 2012 9:41am, 12 Oct 2012 2,094 posts	0 HermanBloom I got one a month ago. Have barely used it. Shame on me. I am finding it difficult to fit running training, core training, foam roller and life into one thing.
Not so lazytoad! Oct 2012 9:43am, 12 Oct 2012 146 posts	0 Not so lazytoad! I own one, sits in the corner of the room most of the time naughty me I must get back to using it even if its only a couple of times a week! When my body killed from Bodypump last week I should have got it out.
AndrewS Oct 2012 9:50am, 12 Oct 2012 288 posts	0 AndrewS I stretch a lot, but this roller seems to get to the parts that stretching doesn't. It will probably end up in the cupboard with all of the other running related gizmos that I have purchased over the years though.
TT Oct 2012 10:50am, 15 Oct 2012 877 posts	0 TT SouthWales, I'm pondering the same thing. Only now that I'm hobbling about am I doing the exercises. The tennis ball seems to help me. Think the trick is to slot it into the daily routine. I'm trying to say 5 min after shower when muscles are warm. Started to log the stretching now so I can see my progress. Got to be worth it.
RichHL Oct 2012 10:54am, 15 Oct 2012 5,175 posts	0 RichHL I use my foam roller every day. It doesn't prevent injuries and I have no way of telling whether it speeds up recovery but it makes me feel better and that has to be worth something.
Kimbles Oct 2012 10:58am, 15 Oct 2012 2,374 posts	0 Kimbles I've got a foam roller but have to say its lying in the cupboard. I do use a tennis ball though for my foot when it aches. Streching properly seems to work for me but what I did find helped my over tight calves and sore foot was good old walking