Deep Tissue Tennis Ball Massages

Ever need a deep massage?  Spouse at work?  No problem: tennis ball massage to the rescue.

A tennis ball is a cheap, easy, effective way to give yourself that deep tissue massage you've needed without the price tag of a spa. 

Materials:

~Tennis ball (either one or 2)
~yourself
~a hard surface to lay on

Step 1: Shoulders and neck area

To begin your massage, take the tennis ball(s) and place underneath your shoulder muscles.  These muscles fall between the neck and ball and socket joint of your shoulder.  To prevent injury, do not place the tennis ball on your spine or scapula. 

Once your tennis ball is in place, slowly rock one shoulder from side to side over the tennis ball.  You should feel the tennis ball working deep into your muscles. 

Comments

[dreamberry]

or find just the right potato...

[art.z]

When I saw: "Tennis Ball" and "Deep Tissue", I thought you would be sitting toward the wall and someone would throw the balls at your back!

I had a Tennis coach that used to do that whenever someone was messing around when we were training! (Everyone would get 2 balls to throw at the smartass) LOL!!

About the instructables: Very nice, I'm gonna try it!

[Usf]

Can this be used by one person on another? Like, is there a way I can use this basic technique on my girlfriend somehow?

[Usf]

This has worked wonderfully for me, actually. Thank you very much for sharing this :)