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  • melbaboutown
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    1 year ago

    Lower back pain 😑 Massaging the muscles at the sides of my hips helps but I don’t like the cheap foam roller. Trying to foam roll actually puts pressure on my joints from supporting my weight like that.

    I end up just jamming my thumbs into the muscles but they bend back so I just use the heel of my hand. Wondering if a massage gun might be useful or is just a waste of money

    • dumblederp
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      1 year ago

      Gluteus medius and minimus. They might be better accessed with a tennis ball or something firmer - rubber lacrosse or cricket balls maybe. I sometimes side-lie on my stainless water bottle as a way to self-massage them, it’s a smaller diameter than my foam roller so it can get between the top part of the femur and the bony-wing of the pelvis, where those muscles hang out.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve got one with spikes but somehow it doesn’t work too well. It might be better to have a smaller firmer one

        • CEOofmyhouse56
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          1 year ago

          Massage Guns are good but if you don’t like to be roughed up then I’d look at massage seats. They slip on to a chair and you have a remote attached. Some of them can target problem areas.

    • NathA
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      11 months ago

      My wife uses a tennis ball against the wall and leans into that.