Wednesday 12th April, 2023

Does foam rolling help cellulite: with video instructions

Misleading cellulite marketing
Despite the marketing foam rollers will not give you worthwhile long term changes

According to the marketing foam rolling is a big help for cellulite, but the reality is that all it does is temporarily improve the appearance. The good news is that scientists have used massage to over time take cms off cellulite affected hips, thighs and buttocks, and this is something you can easily do yourself.

As an example the table below is from a journal report and shows the results after four weeks of massage. The people were measured before and after, and column three shows the reduction in cm.

In this article we have:

A video with instructions

  • what cellulite is and foam rolling will only just temporarily improve the appearance, then
  • how the scientists did reduce cellulite and how you can do this yourself.

A list of usefoul resources

Data from cellulite trial
Data from actual trial of 4 weeks vibration showing reduced size of thighs, hips and waist (Pilch 2018)

Video: do foam rollers help cellulite

Professionals

DrGraeme massagers were originally built by Dr Graeme for use in his clinic, and to prescribe to his patients for additional self use at home. Now these are used by colleagues and other professionals for similar purposes. If you are a professional and wish to know more about this therapy, or possibly get a sample massager to trial please check out our practitioner page.

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About Dr Graeme

Several years ago Dr Graeme, a Chiropractor practicing in Victoria, Australia was looking for a serious hand held massager his patients could use at home to get the extra quality massage they needed. The ones he found in the shops and on-line for home use looked nice but were not serious, and... read more



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