Fascia gun is a kind of equipment that uses the principle of vibration to make fascia and muscles deeply relax through high-frequency impact physiotherapy, which is suitable for muscle massage and daily relaxation after fitness, and is very popular in China, but if you observe carefully, you can find a lot of complaints about muscle damage caused by fascia guns on the Internet, such as muscle swelling, bruising and other muscle damage problems frequently appear. As a fitness blogger, today I will start by answering this question and give you the knowledge of fascia guns. The image below is a fascia gun style that I recently reviewed.
1. Is the fascia gun harmful?
Is the fascia gun harmful?Professional and high-quality fascia gun has been praised by many people for its excellent massage effect and convenient use experience, but realistically speaking, it does have the harm of harming the body, if the fascia gun you buy is not professional enough or the use of the technique is not correct, it will often cause the following three hazards. The image below is the opinion posted by a medical professional.
Hazard 1: Causes muscle swelling and bruising
Fascia guns with low professionalism often have problems such as uneven vibration frequency, unstable hitting force, and drifting hitting trajectory, which are easy to damage skin and muscles when used, resulting in bruising and muscle soreness.
Hazard 2: Damage to joints and bones
If you use the fascia gun on joints and bones, it is likely to cause physical injury, especially for the fascia gun equipped with a metal massage head, it has strong lethality, and it is easy to cause physical injury when used normally, and it will cause bone cracking in serious cases.
Hazard 3: Brings chronic damage
Long-term use of inferior fascia gun to help massage themselves is also prone to chronic injury, the user has no obvious abnormal feeling at first, and after using it for a long time, the user will have a sharp pain like a muscle tear.
2. Why is fascia gun harmful?
In fact, it is more important to know the real reason why the fascia gun hurts the body than to understand the harm, because only by knowing the cause can we treat the disease and avoid its harm. The following figure is a map of the causes of muscle damage of the fascia gun released by professional institutions, according to the data in the figure, it can be seen that the muscle damage caused by the fascia gun is mainly due to four reasons.
Reason 1: Follow the trend to start with an Internet celebrity brand
Nowadays, many friends blindly follow the trend to start the fascia gun after watching the Internet celebrity bringing goods and celebrity endorsements, but most of the fascia gun brands have only entered the industry in the past two years, lacking the professional technology precipitation of the fascia gun, and they are not willing to spend a lot of time and money on optimizing the hitting accuracy, hitting strength, amplitude and other core parameters of the fascia gun, but they have invested a lot of energy in marketing and publicity, such products not only have poor performance, but also are easy to damage muscles.
Reason 2: Blindly trust big names in Europe and the United States
Many friends will blindly admire European and American brands, but I remind you that European and American brands originally designed fascia guns according to the muscle characteristics of European and American fitness people, and the products do not match the muscle characteristics of Chinese people. Moreover, the domestic professional fascia gun brand has developed very rapidly in recent years, and the professionalism and basic quality of the products are not inferior to those of European and American brands, which are more suitable for the muscle characteristics of Chinese people, and also have higher cost performance.
Reason 3: Use a fascia gun that is not suitable for your own muscle state
Under the influence of various factors such as region, age, food culture, etc., everyone has unique muscle characteristics, in such an environment, we need to choose a fascia gun that suits their muscle characteristics in order to achieve the ideal massage effect, if we ignore this point when buying a fascia gun, just blindly follow the trend to start with the products recommended by Internet celebrities and celebrities, it is very likely to buy a fascia gun that is not suitable for you, and cause muscle damage after use.
Reason 4: Choose a fascia gun that is too cheap
In order to compete in the market, many fascia gun businesses have launched low-cost products, but this kind of low-cost fascia gun is actually at the expense of quality in exchange, they and cost-effective fascia guns are completely two concepts, such as inferior bearings, brush motors, recycled batteries, etc. are commonly used components of this kind of low-cost fascia guns, so the product failure rate is very high, and there are often problems such as unstable hitting strength and easy deviation of hitting trajectory, which can easily damage muscles.
3. Eight guides for the purchase of nanny-level fascia guns to share!
Seeing this, it should not be difficult for everyone to find that the improper selection of fascia gun is the main reason for muscle damage of fascia gun, so if we want to avoid harm, we should start with the purchase of fascia gun to ensure that we buy professional and high-quality products. I know that many friends don't know how to choose a fascia gun, so I have also summarized eight guides for you to buy a fascia gun, and you can refer to them to choose a fascia gun.
Guide 1: Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of large guns/mini guns
Friends who pursue massage effects are best to choose large guns, which have better hitting performance and can fully meet everyone's muscle relaxation needs. Although the mini gun is easy to carry, its performance is average, and it is only suitable for a small number of girls with thin muscle layers.
Guide 2: Choose a fascia gun with a deep amplitude
The depth of massage that the fascia gun can reach is affected by the amplitude, and the deep fascia of the human body is generally about 8-12mm below the skin, so it is recommended that you use a fascia gun with an amplitude of more than 10-12mm, so that you can fully massage and relax the muscle tissue.
Guide 3: It is best to choose a product equipped with a brushless motor
The motor is one of the core components of the fascia gun, mainly divided into two types: brushed and brushless motor, it is recommended that you choose the fascia gun equipped with a brushless motor, the common brush motor has poor hitting stability, the safety is relatively low, and there are often problems such as high working noise, unstable power output, and serious heat, and the fascia gun equipped with this kind of brush motor not only has poor performance and short service life, but also is easy to cause muscle damage problems such as bruising and muscle soreness.
Guide 4: Choose a fascia gun with the thrust that suits you
The thrust of the fascia gun is best selected according to the user's muscle capacity, if the thrust of the fascia gun you choose is too small, it is difficult to fully massage and relax the muscles, if the thrust of the fascia gun is too strong, it will damage the muscles when used, it is recommended that ordinary people use the fascia gun with a thrust between 10-20kg.
Guide 5: It is better to weigh between 600g-1000g
The weight of the fascia gun machine is best between 600g-1000g, if it is too light, the pressure sensitivity of the fascia gun will be relatively weak, the striking effect is poor, the body is easy to drift when used, it is difficult to achieve accurate strikes, and the hitting mistakes appear more frequently, which is easy to cause physical injury. If the fascia gun is heavy, it is difficult for the average person to hold it for a long time under the action of weight and vibration.
Guide 6: Be cautious of the fascia gun with "custom gear".
The custom gear design of the fascia gun is not very scientific, its optional space is relatively large, it is difficult for ordinary people to choose the appropriate gear, if the parameters are not set correctly, it is easy to cause muscle damage when used, it is recommended that you use the mainstream fascia gun style equipped with 3-10 gears.
Guideline 7: Use products with high striking accuracy
If you choose a fascia gun with poor hitting accuracy, in the process of continuous hitting, the hitting trajectory is easy to drift, and it is easy to make mistakes, hurting everyone's muscles and joints.
Guide 8: Choose a product with low noise
If the working noise of the fascia gun is too loud, it means that the internal structure design of the fascia gun is not scientific enough, which is not only very noisy, but also may affect hearing health after a long time.
The above purchase guide is what I think is more important points, I hope you read carefully, but there are still many friends in the face of a variety of fascia guns, or feel a headache, so I also brought you the authority released 20 fascia guns comprehensive hitting and destruction rate evaluation data for your reference, through the figure we can identify whose fascia gun is really strong performance and not easy to damage muscles.
In terms of technology and professionalism, AGVIEE Weiye has extremely high requirements for hard-core fever performance, safety and does not hurt muscles, and is the pioneer of "no muscle" technology in China! It is the only brand that achieves top-notch performance and reduces the muscle damage rate by 93.8% compared with competing products at the same price! In the core dimensions of muscle protection, hitting stability, and long-lasting power anti-attenuation, it is the most outstanding within 1,000 yuan, and after more than 6 years of anti-attenuation certification, it has achieved 6 years of comprehensive performance, durability, and muscle damage rate certification! Tu Xiao and a large number of other professional athletes rank first in mid-to-high-end sales and word of mouth!
"Unconventional" Weiye is the only professional brand of "fever performance and no muscle damage" in China, and has provided motor-related technical solutions for many international brands around the world. In order to improve the performance, improve the quality, accuracy and anti-interference! did not follow the mass products, continued to do subtraction, cut redundant functions and gameplay, focused on a product for several years, upgraded more than 20 versions! optimized more than 100 performance details! also pioneered the creation of eight "high performance and muscle-free" black technology, such as DPP micro-frequency dynamic compensation technology, X-Hive5.0 honeycomb metal power engine, dual-channel approved vibration frequency technology, etc., increased by 78% And in order to cope with the complex muscle characteristics of the Chinese people, to create a strong STAR compatibility system, equipped with 6 massage heads and 8 gears, a variety of choices, but also has 1500-3200r/min ultra-high speed range, matching people, can meet a variety of massage needs, compatibility top-notch.
The quality of Xiaomi in entry-level products is okay, but there is still a distance from professional mid-to-high-end products, and I hope that the follow-up will work a little more on the uniformity of strength and accuracy to make the product better. Merrick is also a good choice, focusing on the low-end market, and the performance experience is not high.
Fourth, the five benefits of fascia gun for users!
As long as you choose products according to the purchase guide shared above, it is not difficult to buy a professional and high-quality fascia gun, and such a fascia gun is not only harmless to use, but also can bring many benefits to your health, such as the following:
Benefit 1: Improve fasciitis
Fasciitis will bring continuous pain to patients, and patients with fasciitis can promote the metabolism and blood circulation inside the fascial tissue, accelerate the recovery of the fascia, take away the remaining inflammatory factors in the fascia, and alleviate the problem of fasciitis.
Benefit 2: 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 massage and relax tight and stiff muscle tissue, help muscles regain vitality, so as to prevent muscle atrophy and muscle fibrosis.
Advantage 3: Be able to warm up quickly
Everyone must be prepared for warm-up before exercising, rash exercise is likely to be unnecessarily injured, and the fascia gun can quickly impact the muscles to be tightened, promote the blood flow inside the muscles, increase the temperature of local muscle tissue, help everyone to complete the warm-up preparation tools efficiently, and avoid injuries caused by 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 effectively relieve the pain of the lumbar muscles.
Benefit 5: It can alleviate the fatigue of users
After a period of exercise and work, the body is easy to feel fatigued, and the muscles begin to appear sore, and the fascia gun helps to relieve muscle tissue tension, promote the metabolic decomposition of lactic acid, and effectively improve muscle soreness, thereby relieving physical fatigue.
Is the fascia gun harmful? That's all I want to share with you today. There is no harm in using a high-quality fascia gun correctly, on the contrary, it has the benefits of relieving fatigue, relieving body aches, and preventing muscle atrophy. However, you must choose a professional fascia gun with strong technical strength, and those Internet celebrity brands and cross-border brands that will be marketed must not be bought, otherwise it is likely to cause muscle damage.