This foam roller is great for reaching hard-to-get muscles.

Read one writer’s full GoFit Revolve Foam Roller review here.

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Could this latest innovation be a solution for my ongoing upper body tightness?

When it comes to your upper back, foam rolling also has a protective effect.

Neck tension can also contribute to a tight upper back and shoulders.

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Foam rolling the upper back and shoulders can help release these muscles, reducing neck pain.

Tending to these areas with a foam roller can indirectly relieve neck tightness, he says.

As the name suggests, it was like lying in a self-massaging cradle.

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I used the same technique, along with slowly rolling side to side, on my biceps and lats.

If things got too spicy, Id just slide over to the red or grey rings.

These were only small drawbacks compared to my overall experience, though.

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While grid rollers have raised points similar to the Revolve, you cant adjust them.

Ive tried a lot of foam rollers and never found one that offered this level of adaptability.

I seriously cant wait to try it out on my lower body.

But when you do, if youre like me, the results will be worth it.

Pearcey GE, Bradbury-Squires DJ, Kawamoto JE, Drinkwater EJ, Behm DG, Button DC.

Foam rolling for delayed-onset muscle soreness and recovery of dynamic performance measures.

2015 Jan;50(1):5-13. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-50.1.01.

Epub 2014 Nov 21.

PMID: 25415413; PMCID: PMC4299735.

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