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| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| Discover Natural Pain Relief Without the Pills |
As founder and head trainer at the Athletes’ Performance Institute in Phoenix, Mark Verstegen sends clients home from exhausting workouts Monday through Saturday with one essential and common item: The Original Body Stick. All of the elite athletes who train here for upcoming seasons in pro football, major league baseball and international-caliber soccer are encouraged to pack the self-massage tool in their workout bags.
Verstegen and his other trainers instructs his clients to use the Body Stick on the muscles exercised that day—the quadriceps in the front of the thigh, hamstrings in the back, abdominals, shoulders, whatever was pushed to the limit. The Body Stick is about two feet long with ergonomic handles that you grip to roll the center of the stick (a plastic covering with spindles or bumps that massage the muscles) back and forth.
“Just a few minutes a day can decrease your soreness and pain levels, especially after a workout or any strenuous physical activity,” says Gary Robbins, who oversees all cardiovascular training at Athletes’ Performance. “It helps move lactic acid out of the muscles.”
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