Some people say it is the "black technology" of the fitness circle, and some people regard it as a massage artifact of "Where to beat where". It not only relaxes and relieves pressure, but was also labeled as "Sportsman Standard" and "Slimming Legs". Must have a "magic effect" label.
How hot is the fascia gun?
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Search volume for fascia gun and surrounding derivative words surges
This is a search index trend graph of a platform with "fascia gun" as the keyword.
Before April and May 2019, the search volume for "fascia gun" was almost zero, but in June and July 2019, the search enthusiasm of netizens was high, using "fascia gun" as the key word and surrounding areas. The search volume for derivative terms has skyrocketed, and the popularity will continue until 2020.
During the period from March to April this year, the search index was 3943, reaching a small peak. Then in July of this year, the search index reached 3311 to maintain a high level. Since then, the search popularity with the keyword "fascia gun" has remained constant. Within a fixed interval.
In addition to the search index, it is absolutely indispensable on the hot list. The transaction records of many e-commerce platforms show that the sales of some well-known brands are often more than 100,000.
Looking at those popular video platforms, there are a lot of various evaluation programs for fascia guns. Under the strong recommendation of merchants, the fascia guns seem to be omnipotent, and hundreds of thousands of likes on the video also show that there are indeed many Most people are very interested in fascia guns, and many users who watched the live broadcast decisively placed orders.
The fascia gun is "righteous", what is the function of it?
Businesses generally put three kinds of labels on the fascia gun, "relax muscles, relieve fatigue", "relieve cervical spine, cure diseases", and "weight loss and shape, burn fat".
With the influx of a large number of manufacturers into this market, the positioning of the fascia gun being packaged by the merchants as a "massage, healing, and shaping artifact" has quickly established itself.
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Vibration hammering instead of manual massage
Fascia gun has a certain relaxing effect
Is the fascia gun really so amazing?
Next, verify the three labels of the fascia gun one by one.
First of all, can the fascia gun relax muscles and relieve fatigue?
The first thing to know is what is fascia.
Simply put, the fascia is the white membrane that wraps the muscles of the human body and spreads all over the body, restricting the muscles to function in an orderly direction.
But persistent fatigue and tension can cause fascial spasm, which is what we often call fasciitis.
The patient is usually very painful, and the fascia gun can help improve this symptom.
Lou Zhikun, director of the Department of Bone and Joint Rehabilitation of the Institute of Sports Medicine of the State General Administration of Sports: Its amplitude is generally about 1-1.6 cm, and the range of movement up and down is 1 cm. It transmits power down, more than 1 cm.
If you want to achieve true relaxation, you need to reach the level of the muscles and control its strength through the hands.
As experts said, the fascia gun not only acts on the fascia, but also on the surrounding soft tissues such as human muscles.
Chen Wenhua, Chairman of the Rehabilitation Committee of the Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine: Vibration promotes the recovery of muscles and surrounding soft tissues or eliminates fatigue, which indirectly affects tissue repair.
To sum up, the fascial gun can help improve the pain symptoms of patients with fasciitis, and the vibration frequency is stable, which can promote muscle and soft tissue recovery.
In other words, the first label "relax muscles and relieve fatigue" is established, and the fascia gun does have a certain effect in this respect.
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Contraindications
Fascia gun cannot be easily used for cervical spine massage
The second label "Relieves the cervical spine and cures diseases", can the fascia gun do it?
The cervical spine is where many important blood vessels, nerves, and spinal cord of the human body gather, and the bones and joints in this part are tightly arranged, and the muscles are weak. Once injured, it is difficult to recover.
According to experts, there are carotid sinuses commonly known as "death points" on both sides of the human neck, where there are baroreceptors.
If the fascia gun is used for high-frequency vibration to hit the massage, it is particularly important to keep the frequency stable.
In the experiment, experts also demonstrated the serious consequences that can occur when the frequency of the fascia gun is unbalanced.
Lou Zhikun, director of the Bone and Joint Rehabilitation Department of the Institute of Sports Medicine of the State General Administration of Sports: This time is the most terrible for the human body. The operator is in a stable part, but its frequency and amplitude have changed, and the output frequency is unstable. Just like a hammer strike, a deep hammer and a shallow hammer are more prone to damage.
Chen Wenhua, chairman of the Rehabilitation Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine: Do not directly tap the cervical spine. In clinical practice, some doctors are not proficient in the technique. If the technique is too heavy, the patient's blood pressure will drop and the patient will faint.
Doctors don’t know how to hit casually, let alone ordinary people.
Part of the cervical spine tendons and veins are scattered and complicated. Once the technique is bad, it may cause irreversible consequences.
It seems that the second label "Relieves Cervical Spine, Treats Diseases", the fascia gun cannot do it, and it is very dangerous. Don't try it at will.
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Experiments show that high-frequency vibration beats do not help weight loss and shape
Continue to verify the third label, can the fascia gun really "weight loss and shape, burn fat"?
Can high-frequency vibration beats achieve weight loss and shape?
Experts designed two sets of simple controlled experiments.
The experiment first measured the bilateral calf circumference of two volunteers.
Subsequently, the first volunteer did aerobic exercise for half an hour, and then massaged his right calf with a fascia gun for 3 minutes.
The second volunteer did not do any exercises, and one hour later, his right leg was massaged with a fascia gun for 3 minutes.
Lou Zhikun, director of the Department of Bone and Joint Rehabilitation at the Institute of Sports Medicine of the State General Administration of Sports: There has been no change in circumference, and the expected weight loss effect has not been achieved.
We still need to further research, or have further scientific research data to support.
Chen Wenhua, chairman of the Rehabilitation Committee of the Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine: It is impossible to achieve weight loss through its vibration.
Almost all online statements related to weight loss with a fascia gun, such as fat-removing machine, local vibration, and massage, are not capable of losing weight.
There is no basis in terms of kinematics and metabolic mechanism.
Through the reporter’s investigation and comparative experiments, the conclusion has been reached-the fascia gun can properly massage and relax the large muscle groups of the human body, that is, the fleshy places, but it must not be believed in the treatment of cervical spondylosis. As for weight loss The form is purely a commercial gimmick.