In recent years, the fascia gun has become more and more popular, attracting many people to buy and use, but on Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, Weibo and other online platforms, we can find a lot of negative comments about the fascia gun, and many people are complaining about bruising, muscle soreness, joint pain and other problems after using the fascia gun. Does a fascia gun hurt the body?Today, the physiotherapist will talk to you about this problem and reveal the harm of the fascia gun for everyone!(The picture below is the brand of fascia gun I reviewed.) ）
1. Does the fascia gun hurt the body?
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?Professional and high-quality fascia guns will not bring harm to the human body, but many fascia guns on the market are not professional enough, they often have problems such as poor compatibility and low hitting accuracy. The picture below is the opinion of a professional sports teacher.
There are three main hazards of fascia guns:
Hazard 1, cause bruising, muscle soreness
If the fascia gun you use is not professional enough, the thrust is unstable, and the hitting accuracy is poor, such a fascia gun is likely to hurt the ** and muscles, resulting in bruising, muscle swelling and other problems.
Hazard 2: Injury to the user's bones and joints
Fascia guns with metal massage heads are easy to damage muscles and bones, and if you use the fascia gun in joints, bones, etc., it may also cause joints and bones and even cause bone cracks.
Hazard 3, bring chronic damage
Inferior fascia gun is likely to have chronic injury problems after a long time, this injury is not painful at first, the user may not feel anything unusual at first, but after using it for a period of time, the user will feel a painful and severe muscle tearing sensation.
Second, the four common misunderstandings of fascia guns are summarized, don't be fooled!
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?Everyone understands the harm of fascia gun, if you want to stay away from the harm of muscle injury, it is necessary for us to figure out why the use of fascia gun is harmful, the following figure is the data of the causes of muscle damage of the fascia gun according to the statistics of professional fitness forums, according to the data in the figure, it can be seen that the harm of muscle injury is mainly due to improper purchase, the use of inferior fascia guns, and everyone will choose inferior fascia guns, generally because everyone has a wrong understanding of fascia guns, for which I have summarized the four most common misunderstandings of fascia guns, and we see if you have been recruited。
Myth 1: The pursuit of European and American brands
Many people don't know about fascia guns, and they think that European and American brands of fascia guns are better to use, but because Europeans and Americans prefer strong muscle groups, fascia guns designed by European and American brands generally have strong thrust and deep amplitude. Chinese people like healthy muscles, most of the muscles are not as thick as Europeans and Americans, and the use of European and American brands of fascia guns is likely to cause muscle damage.
Myth 2: Use a low-cost fascia gun
There are all kinds of fascia guns on the market, cheap dozens of dollars can be bought, expensive fascia guns can reach thousands of yuan, many people like to buy low-cost products, thinking that it is more cost-effective, in fact, this kind of fascia guns are low production costs, they are often made of inferior bearings, batteries, brush motors and other components, the product not only has a very poor effect of massage and relaxation, but also easily leads to muscle damage problems.
Myth 3: Use an Internet celebrity brand fascia gun
Although the marketing hype of the Internet celebrity brand is in place, it is actually OEM processing and production, lacking professional and technical precipitation, and has never optimized and upgraded more than 100 parameters such as thrust size, hitting accuracy, and frequency stability of the fascia gun
Myth 4: Choose a fascia gun without considering your own muscle characteristics
There are some differences in the muscle characteristics of different people and different parts, so you need to combine your own muscle characteristics to choose a fascia gun, if you blindly follow the trend to start the fascia gun recommended by celebrities, it is easy to buy a fascia gun with poor compatibility and mismatch with your own muscle state, which is not only difficult to thoroughly massage and relax the muscles, but also easy to cause problems such as bruising and muscle soreness.
Third, the fascia gun is harmful, is it still necessary to use it?
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?Fascia guns can hurt the human body, so why do we still use fascia guns?This is because a high-quality fascia gun is not only not harmful, but also brings a lot of benefits to our body, let's take a look at the specific benefits of the fascia gun.
Benefit 1: It has a preventive effect on muscle atrophy and muscle fibrosis
Friends who have been sedentary for a long time and have little exercise are more likely to have problems such as muscle fibrosis and muscle atrophy, and the fascia gun can help you fully massage and relax tight and stiff muscle tissue, promote blood circulation inside muscle tissue, help muscles regain vitality, and prevent muscle atrophy, muscle fibrosis and other problems.
Benefit 2: It has an improvement effect on fasciitis
Fasciitis can bring constant pain to patients, and the fascia gun can massage into the deep fascia, promote the recovery of fascia, take away the inflammatory factors in the fascia, and help patients with fasciitis relieve pain.
Advantage 3: You can warm up quickly
The fascia gun can help you quickly relax the tight and stiff muscles, accelerate the blood flow inside the muscles, and increase the temperature of the local muscle tissue, so as to achieve the benefits of muscle stretching and rapid warm-up, and avoid injuries due to rash exercise.
Benefit 4: It can effectively improve muscle strain
The high-frequency vibration of the fascia gun can impact the psoas muscles**, promote the blood circulation and metabolism of the lumbar muscles, and relieve the pain of the lumbar muscles.
Benefit 5: Reduce physical fatigue
After a long period of exercise and work, the body may feel a strong sense of fatigue, and the fascia gun can help you reduce muscle tissue tension, promote lactate metabolism in muscles, improve muscle soreness, and help you relieve physical fatigue.
Fourth, the fascia gun is not suitable for the four major groups
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?Although there are many benefits of fascia gun, but unfortunately it is not suitable for everyone, if it is not suitable for the fascia gun people blindly use the fascia gun is easy to cause injury to the body, the fascia gun is not suitable for the following four types of people, let's see if there is oneself.
1. People with serious physical diseases
People with serious medical conditions need to be calm and not be stimulated too much, and using a fascia gun massage may lead to aggravation of the disease or even more serious consequences.
2. People with fractures, cracked bones or sprains
People suffering from acute sprains, contusions, fractures and bone cracks need to recuperate and recover, and they can start to use the fascia gun only when the condition is healed.
Children under the age of 19
Children's muscles and bones are in the period of growth and development, if the fascia gun is used too early, the developing bones, joints and muscles and soft tissues are too stimulated, but it is easy to have muscle pain, swelling and even affect the development of problems.
4. Pregnant women
The human body is distributed with dense acupuncture points, if a pregnant woman accidentally presses a certain acupuncture point during the massage with a fascia gun, it is easy to involve the abdominal muscles, cause uterine contractions, induce miscarriage or affect the development of children.
In addition to the above four types of people, most people are suitable for using fascia guns, but suitable friends should also choose professional and high-quality fascia guns that do not hurt muscles, otherwise it is easy to have muscle damage problems. For this reason, I found the power and destructive force data chart of 17 fascia guns released by authoritative institutions, and you can choose a really easy fascia gun according to the data in the figure.
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5. How to avoid harm?Learn eight ** buy tricks!
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?There are so many benefits of a high-quality fascia gun, but the fascia gun market is so chaotic and there are a large number of unprofessional products, how can you choose a high-quality fascia gun?The following is my eight-best purchase trick summarized according to years of purchase experience, which can help you seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and buy a high-quality and easy-to-use fascia gun!
Trick 1: Choose a fascia gun with deep amplitude.
If the amplitude of the fascia gun is less than 8mm, it is difficult to penetrate the deep layer of the muscle, the amplitude of the fascia gun used by everyone must be at least more than 8mm in order to massage the deep fascia, and friends who often exercise and exercise can also use the fascia gun with an amplitude of more than 10mm to ensure that the deep muscles and fascia can be fully massaged.
Trick 2: Refuse to bring goods to Internet celebrities and endorse products by celebrities
The profits of products endorsed by celebrities and brought by Internet celebrities are generally relatively high, and when doing activities, they often dive sharply. Moreover, the product quality is generally poor, there will be frequent failures, there are often problems such as unstable power output, insufficient compatibility, etc., and many muscle damage problems are caused by this kind of fascia gun.
Trick 3: Correctly understand mini guns and big guns
There are two types of fascia guns on the market, mini type fascia guns have high appearance and easy to carry, but the performance is average, suitable for thin women, friends and men with exercise habits are best to choose big guns, big guns have excellent performance, can help everyone more fully massage and relax muscles.
4. It is best to choose a brushless motor
The motor of the mainstream fascia gun is divided into two types: brushless motor and brushed motor, brushless motor is more worthy of choice, its performance is better, low noise, long life, can bring you a more comfortable massage experience. The fascia equipped with a brushed motor has poor stability and serious heating problems, which can easily cause swelling and discomfort and damage joints and bones.
Trick 5: Don't blindly pursue high vibration frequency
The vibration frequency of the fascia gun should also be selected according to their own muscle characteristics, ordinary people can use the fascia gun with a vibration frequency between 2000-3500 min, if the vibration frequency exceeds 4000r min, it is likely to damage the muscles after use.
6. The weight of the fascia gun is best between 600g-1000g
The weight of the fascia gun is more reasonable in the range of 600g-1000g. If the fascia gun is too light, it lacks the feeling of pressure when using, which is easy to affect the massage effect, and it is easy to make mistakes and cause muscle damage. It is also not suitable to choose an excessively heavy fascia gun, which is difficult to hold for a long time.
Trick 7, the most important thing is to have the right thrust
The thrust of the fascia gun should be selected according to the user's muscle endurance, the thrust of the fascia gun is not as big as possible, ordinary people choose products with a thrust between 10kg-20kg, if the thrust of the fascia gun you buy is too strong, you are likely to have bruises, muscle soreness and other problems when you use it.
Trick 8: Buy a fascia gun with high hitting accuracy
You must choose a fascia gun with high hitting accuracy, and the hitting trajectory cannot be offset when you continue to hit, otherwise it will be difficult for the user to hold the fascia gun for a long time, and it is easy to make a mistake and cause damage to the body!A lot of low-cost fascia guns do a pretty poor job of this!
Can a fascia gun hurt the body?The explanation of this problem is over here, inferior fascia guns are indeed harmful to our health, but we don't have to worry too much about the harm of fascia guns, as long as we can understand the reasons for the harm caused by fascia guns, and master the eight best buying tricks of professional high-quality fascia guns, we can buy products correctly, so as to effectively avoid its harm, give full play to its benefits, and let our bodies get a more comfortable massage experience.