Allow us to introduce myofascial release, a technique in which pressure is applied to the fascia — the connective tissue that surrounds every muscle in your body — in the hopes of relieving pain and ...

A gua sha scraping massage tool is used for the Chinese massage therapy practice that calls for rubbing the tool over your skin in long strokes. It is believed to improve circulation and promote lymph ...

“Self-myofascial release” sounds like a fancy therapeutic term, but if you’ve ever used a foam roller or tennis ball to work out muscle knots, kinks or soreness, you’ve already done it. The latest ...

Incorporating facial massage into your routine can do wonders for the quality of your skin, and even help to shape, firm and tone. Add facial massage tools into the mix, and you're looking at a ...

Here's what happened when one writer tried Wildling Beauty's Empress Wand, a massage tool made for releasing clenched jaw muscles and sore necks. For someone who lives by the beach in Southern ...

Stress is an inevitable fact of life. There can be positive stress, like starting a new job, or negative stress, like losing a job you really liked. But the tension that can live in our bodies as a ...

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Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. As a Pilates teacher, I am quite familiar with the various self-massage tools available to relieve ...

Face massage tools vary hugely in design, but they all share the same goals: boosting circulation, firming the skin, and helping reduce swelling. But it’s not one size fits all; picking the right tool ...

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Whether you’re a seasoned facial massage fan or new to the buccal world (that’s intraoral, for the uninitiated), there’s no denying the buzz around this technique. Favoured by A-listers like J.L and ...