Introduction |
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About This Book |
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Foolish Assumptions |
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Icons Used in This Book |
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Beyond the Book |
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Where to Go from Here |
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PART 1 Getting Started With Rolling |
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Chapter 1 Rolling For Life |
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The Mind of an All-Pro Roller |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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How do I unlock my thigh and hamstrings muscles? |
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Why do my lower legs always seem to be my troublemaking "Achilles heels"? |
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If I could make my lower back and hips pain-free, would it make my life easier and more fun? |
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How can I improve my posture to relax my chest, upper back, and neck? |
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How can I eliminate my shoulder and arm pain with a small roller ball? |
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Using Rollers to Manage Your Injuries |
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Preventing Injuries with Roller Treatments |
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Chapter 2 Choosing The Right Roller(S) For You |
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Not All Rollers Are Created Equal |
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Circular rollers: Keeping it simple |
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Multi-pattern design rollers |
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Other Equipment You May Want |
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Finding a Roller to Meet Your Needs |
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Chapter 3 Finding The "Perfect" Roller Launch Pad |
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Improvising in Unique Roller Settings |
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Finding a Relaxing "Roller Rink" |
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Having Enough Room to Roll |
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Other Tips to Rolling Right |
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Padding and Pressure Relief |
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Chapter 4 Caring For Your Roller |
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Cleaning Your Roller: Illness Prevention 101 |
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Understanding What's Good and Bad About the Covering on Your Roller |
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Chapter 5 Roller Safety 101 |
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Assessing the Safety of Your Roller Rink |
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Objects in the roller rink |
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Objects positioned over the roller rink |
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Objects landing in the roller rink |
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Who Should Not Be a Roller |
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Avoiding Injury on a Roller |
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PART 2 ROLLING THE RIGHT WAY r |
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Chapter 6 Timing Is Everything: When And When Not To Roll |
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67 | (12) |
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68 | (7) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (3) |
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Listening to a painful injury |
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Rolling warning signs you should never ignore |
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Chapter 7 Warming Up Your Body For The Roller |
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Preparing Your Entire Body for the Roller |
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79 | (2) |
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Warming Up Your Mind Before Rolling |
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Getting the Rolling Site Ready for Contact |
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Chapter 8 Work With Your Muscles, Not Against Them |
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My Five Ryan Rolling Rules |
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87 | (10) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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Seek and destroy trigger points |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (4) |
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Working with Your Muscles by Keeping Them Hydrated |
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Good Roller Pain versus Bad Roller Pain |
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Chapter 9 Supercharging Your Post-Workout Recovery With A Roller |
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The Value of the Recovery |
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Give Me Six: The Six-Minute Recovery Roll-Down |
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Stretching a Freshly Rolled Muscle |
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Common Recovery Mistakes to Avoid |
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PART 3 MEETING THE MUSCLES YOU'RE ROLLING OVER, AND MORE |
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Chapter 10 Discovering What's Under The Skin: Knowing Your Anatomy |
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113 | (10) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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What's a Myofascial Trigger Point? |
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Chapter 11 Upgrading Your Posture |
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Why Good Posture Is So Important |
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Key Landmarks for Evaluating Posture |
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What Does Perfect Posture Look Like? |
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What Does Poor Posture Feel Like? |
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Neck and upper back symptoms |
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Chapter 12 How Muscles And Joints (Supposedly) Work In Harmony |
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Your Body --- The Ultimate Machine |
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Understanding How Healthy Muscles and Joints Work Together |
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Knowing When Your Body Needs a Wheel Alignment |
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Compensating to keep moving |
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Looking at long-term consequences of altered movement |
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Identifying pain and limitations in order to fix them |
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Chapter 13 Fascia: Taming The Beast |
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How Tight Fascia Makes Even Simple Movements Hard |
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Tight Fascia's Impact on Other Types of Tissue |
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Chapter 14 Managing Scar Tissue |
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Four Phases of Scar Healing |
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Factors Making Scar Tissue Good or Bad |
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160 | (1) |
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Symptoms of Scar Tissue Pain |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Tips to Manage Scar Tissue |
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PART 4 UNLOCKING TIGHT MUSCLE AND FASCIA WITH ROLLERS |
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Chapter 15 Scouting Your Body For Pain, Stiffness, And Restrictions |
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Constructing and Interpreting Your True Past Medical History |
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Why all three elements are key |
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Interpreting the information |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (9) |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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Finding the Source of Your Pain |
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What a muscle injury feels like |
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179 | (1) |
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What a joint injury feels like |
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180 | (1) |
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What a bone injury feels like |
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180 | (1) |
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What a nerve injury feels like |
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181 | (1) |
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What overly tight fascia feel like |
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181 | (1) |
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Putting Your Scouting Report Together |
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182 | (5) |
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183 | (1) |
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Identifying blinking red lights (warning signs) |
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183 | (1) |
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Matching blinking red lights with tissue symptoms |
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184 | (3) |
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Chapter 16 Unlocking Your Upper Legs |
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Ryan Rolling Rules for the Upper Legs |
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188 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Quads (aka the Workhorses) |
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189 | (5) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (1) |
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Unlocking your Iliotibial Band (ITB) |
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194 | (4) |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (3) |
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Unlocking the Groin Muscles |
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198 | (6) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (5) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (3) |
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Chapter 17 Unlocking Your Lower Legs And Feet |
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An Inside Look at the Lower Legs and Feet |
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210 | (2) |
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Ryan Rolling Rules for Lower Legs and Feet |
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212 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Calf --- Back of Shin |
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214 | (4) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Peroneals --- Outside Corner of Lower Shin |
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218 | (5) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Ankle Dorsiflexors --- Front of Shin |
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223 | (3) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (5) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (2) |
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Chapter 18 Unlocking Your Lower Back And Hips |
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231 | (26) |
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Ryan Rolling Rules for Your Hips and Lower Back |
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232 | (1) |
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An Inside Look at the Lower Back and Hips |
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233 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Lower Back --- Back Extensors |
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235 | (5) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Front of the Hip --- Hip Flexors/Upper Quad |
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240 | (3) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Side of the Hip --- Hip External Rotators, aka `The Ladder |
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243 | (6) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Back of the Hip --- The Glutes, aka `The Roof |
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249 | (8) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (3) |
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Chapter 19 Unlocking Your Chest, Upper Back, And Neck |
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An Inside Look at the Chest, Upper Back, and Neck |
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258 | (2) |
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Ryan Rolling Rules for Chest, Upper Back, and Neck |
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260 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Front of Your Chest --- The Pecs |
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261 | (4) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Unlocking Your Upper Back --- Shoulder Blade Stabilizers |
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265 | (5) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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Unlocking Your Side --- Latissimus Dorsi |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Unlocking Your Neck --- Upper Trapezius |
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274 | (5) |
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276 | (1) |
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Chapter 20 Unlocking Your Shoulders And Arms |
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279 | (26) |
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An Inside Look at the Shoulders and Arms |
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280 | (1) |
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Starting with the shoulder girdle |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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Ryan Rolling Rules for Shoulders and Arms |
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281 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Front and Side of the Shoulder --- Delts |
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283 | (4) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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Level 1 and Level 2 for anterior and middle delts |
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286 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Back of the Shoulder --- External Rotators |
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287 | (6) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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Unlocking the Palm-Side of the Forearm --- Wrist Flexors |
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293 | (4) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Back of the Forearm --- Wrist Extensors |
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297 | (4) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Palm of the Hand --- Finger Flexors |
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301 | (4) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Chapter 21 Foam Rolling Workouts And Key Stretches |
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305 | (38) |
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Strengthening with a Roller |
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306 | (1) |
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Forming your strengthening game plan |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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Forming your stretching game plan |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Upper-Body Roller Workouts and Stretches |
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308 | (13) |
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Upper body--strengthening exercises |
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309 | (10) |
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319 | (2) |
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Core and Spine Roller Workouts and Stretches |
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321 | (10) |
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Core- and spine-strengthening exercises |
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321 | (8) |
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329 | (2) |
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Lower Body Roller Workouts and Stretches |
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331 | (12) |
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Lower body--strengthening exercises |
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332 | (7) |
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339 | (4) |
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PART 5 WORKOUTS, STRETCHES, INJURY MANAGEMENT, AND INJURY PREVENTION WITH ROLLERS |
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343 | (38) |
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Chapter 22 Injury Management With Rollers |
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345 | (26) |
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346 | (4) |
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R: Research your muscles and joints (the What) |
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347 | (1) |
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O: Origin of your restrictions (the Where) |
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347 | (1) |
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L: Listen to your body (the Why) |
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347 | (1) |
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L: Lay out your treatment plan (the How) |
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E: Execute your treatment plan (the Work) |
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348 | (1) |
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R: Reset the way you move (the Reward) |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (3) |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (3) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (3) |
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359 | (1) |
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Hip rotator strain and tightness |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (4) |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (3) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (3) |
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Ankle arthritis and tightness |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (2) |
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Chapter 23 Injury Prevention With Rollers For Your Sports |
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What Is Injury Prevention? |
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Three Steps to Prevent Injuries |
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1 Unlock the motor muscles |
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374 | (1) |
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2 Strengthen opposing muscles |
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374 | (1) |
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3 Launch prevention exercises for your sport |
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374 | (1) |
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Applying the Three Steps to Preventing Injuries in Your Sport |
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375 | (6) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (18) |
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Chapter 24 Ten Roller Do's And Don'Ts |
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383 | (4) |
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383 | (1) |
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Do Trust Your Roller and Your Body's Response |
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384 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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Do Follow Up Your Roll with Reset Moves |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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Don't Roll on Swollen and Inflamed Injuries |
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385 | (1) |
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Don't Add Joint Motion Too Early |
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385 | (1) |
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Don't Work Against Your Body |
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385 | (1) |
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Don't Roll on Nerves, Bones, or Open Wounds |
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386 | (1) |
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Chapter 25 Ten Changes Your Body Will Feel From Rolling |
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387 | (6) |
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387 | (1) |
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Increased Joint Range of Motion |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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Less Pain and Fewer Injuries |
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389 | (1) |
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Increased Muscle Strength |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (1) |
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390 | (1) |
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391 | (2) |
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Chapter 26 Ten Groups Who Love Rollers |
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393 | (6) |
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Stiff or Inflexible People |
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394 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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