there isn't really any convenient way to foam roller them without having someone else doing it for me?
There is, though it's awkward and probably proportions-dependent how well it work. You lie face-down on the roller, with your arm flattened between your body and the roller (palm up or down as you wish).
Or you can roll your arm on the two-tennis-balls-in-a-sock equivalent (kneeling on the floor with the roller on a yoga block provides a height at which I can put my weight into it, YMMV).
Or: sit in a chair, put one forearm on your knee (doing this with one leg crossed over the other works well for me), then use the other forearm or elbow to massage it with.
Might also be worth checking out the terribly-named "voodoo floss" techniques (wrap the part you're trying to attack in a resistance band to "pin" skin and surface layers in place while you move the joint, basically).
Can also be useful to put your thumb and finger round the wrist of the other hand at its narrowest point as tightly as you can, then move that hand through as wide a range of motion as possible.
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Date: 2019-07-28 12:51 pm (UTC)There is, though it's awkward and probably proportions-dependent how well it work. You lie face-down on the roller, with your arm flattened between your body and the roller (palm up or down as you wish).
Or you can roll your arm on the two-tennis-balls-in-a-sock equivalent (kneeling on the floor with the roller on a yoga block provides a height at which I can put my weight into it, YMMV).
Or: sit in a chair, put one forearm on your knee (doing this with one leg crossed over the other works well for me), then use the other forearm or elbow to massage it with.
Might also be worth checking out the terribly-named "voodoo floss" techniques (wrap the part you're trying to attack in a resistance band to "pin" skin and surface layers in place while you move the joint, basically).
Can also be useful to put your thumb and finger round the wrist of the other hand at its narrowest point as tightly as you can, then move that hand through as wide a range of motion as possible.