I’ve written about the Graston Technique before. Recently, I’ve added The Voodoo Band, to my treatment arsenal. Manual treatment is our forte at Professional Physical Therapy and Training. Soft tissue mobilization is a technique that we employ frequently to restore mobility and flexibility to restore normal function.
The Voodoo Band is a latex rubber compression band that we can wrap around a problem area to mobilize the tissue. It’s a little uncomfortable, but after the treatment, we see immediate changes, less pain, and increased freedom of movement. How does it work?
Frankly, there’s no major research studies that conclusively outline the Voodoo Band’s efficacy. Our results are anecdotal. But the side effects are very minimal and the effects pretty much speak for themselves. Some hypotheses include “fascial shear”, “vascular occlusion and hyperemia”, joint compression, and “pain gating”.
The body is basically made up of layers of tissue, tissue that should move and slide on each other to create movement. Some of the principles of the Graston Technique are based on this “fascial shear”. Forcing movement of one layer of tissue on another layer of tissue can break up adhesions that may limit range of motion or flexibility. When we wrap a muscle or other soft tissue with the band, we’re squeezing all those layers together. Then we combine that with active or passive movement creating the shear force to break up the adhesions.
Then there’s the “vascular occlusion and hyperemia”. When you wrap the band around an area, there’s compression, maybe not enough to completely stop blood flow, but enough to reduce it. Then when we unwrap the area quickly, there’s this quick return of blood to the area. This quick cut off and large amount of blood flow return has several different benefits. Think about a hose that is kinked to stop the flow and then suddenly released. Perhaps it flushes out waste products from the area or quickly supplies nutrients and hormones into the area. We don’t know for sure.
When we wrap a joint, there’s this compression that happens, squeezing the joint tightly. Combined with movement, the theory is that the Voodoo Band is helping to “center” the joint, approximating the joint in a better position and reinforcing a better pattern of joint movement.
The “pain gating” theory is pretty simple. The Voodoo Band is tight, giving a predominant sensation through the skin of pressure and stretch, and if it’s applied tightly, it can be a bit painful. It’s this type of noxious stimulus that may override and block the pain signal, thus creating more freedom of movement.
All the above are basically theories as to how the band works. We can’t be certain as to which one is true, maybe none of them are true or all of them are true. But we can’t deny the pre-test and post-test results. We always test the joint or region before the treatment and then repeat the test after the treatment. If there is less or no pain after, and there’s more range of motion or flexibility after, then it worked. Before physiotherapy became so “evidence-based”, we were “anecdotal-based”. Undoubtedly, as the use of the Voodoo Band increases and it gets more popular, research and scientific evidence will follow, and we’ll find out exactly how it works. But for now, I’m sticking with the results I see.
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***Disclaimer: I am not a Voodoo Expert (chiropractor, yes, but that’s another story). I am simply digesting out loud to stimulate my own thoughts on the matter. After having tried Voodoo Floss myself and seen great utility, I sadly found that no one online had taken a half-hearted jab at explaining how it might work. I do know a tiny bit of science and a tiny bit of logic. Here’s the story of what I currently debate in my head about this great product:
I’m not here to defend Voodoo Floss. I will be the first to admit that naming it “Voodoo” Floss was a great marketing ploy to entice lay-people into trying it out. However, throwing in a catchy name like that makes the skeptical clinician type (such as myself) more skeptical.
But hey, I am often wrong. Quite frankly, I believe that allowing yourself to be wrong encourages long term personal growth and happiness. With that in mind, I personally learn the quickest in this process:
Try it (creating an experience-based lens through which to view it)
Read about it (look it at through other peoples’ lenses)
Write about it (my form of mentally digesting it all of the above)
Knowing this, I decided to give Voodoo Floss a try. I’d figure out exactly what it does later…
How it works
Frankly, who knows. I think if it were well thought out, it might have never emerged, just like the story of Graston Technique, which thousands of clinicians now use and love. Somewhere along the line someone decided that they should tightly wrap an appendage with a rubber band, move around a bit, then take it off. And it felt better. Whoa. Let’s rack our brain for a few mile-high thoughts on what could be to blame for the obvious clinical improvements. As with nearly everything, you’ll note that I bring much of this back to the ol’ nervous system. How chiropracticy of me:
Fascial Shear
Time for a (simplified) Fascial Anatomy Lesson!
There are two thick “layers” of fascia. The layer associated with the skin is the Superficial Fascial Membrane. There is another layer which is very closely associated with muscle and skeleton, called the Deep Fascial Membrane. The deeper layer is not simply a “wrap” around muscles and soft tissues, but is also integrated within these structures to pass force and information in every direction.
The superficial fascia is attached to the dermis via “skin ligaments”, called the Retinaculum Cutis Superficialis (RCS). The superficial fascia is attached to the deep fascia via more soft tissue bridges, call the Retinaculum Cutis Profundus (RCP).
Simple Fascial Anatomy
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Fascial layers are densely populated with all sorts of receptors, most notably mechanoreceptors. In case you didn’t catch that, this means that fascia is like a loud-speaker to the brain, saying “Hey, something is moving down here in your less intelligent tissues. Howzabout you get involved, all up in here?”. Stack that with the fact that joint capsules (previously thought to be our main source of proprioception) are considered to provide strong feedback only during end range stretch/compression, I think we can safely assume that fascia is a key component in neurological feedback loops, especially related to movement.
So, how does this apply to Voodoo Floss? It’s simple really. The strong elastic compression will quickly alter fascia’s relation to all other aspects of the neuromusculoskeletal system when you move with it on. It would likely take some tension out of certain areas of the fascia, shifting it to other areas via strong intra-sling/intra-layer tension redistribution and inter-layer shear. It’s all about the tensegrity, baby. So what does this mean? I get a hunch that it can massively alter neural input by making a quick change in the mechanical transmission of the fascial system (and it’s many mechanoreceptors) when moving underneath some strong compression and stretchy-pulley forces. That’s the technical term.
It comes down to relative tissue motion. Listen in to Dr Andreo Spina talk a bit about this concept in this video about soft-tissue release and foam rolling. Compression +Tension + Movement = Fibrosis release. Sounds suspiciously familiar…
The Takeaway: looking at Voodoo Floss simply as a compression mechanism is quite simplistic, since the vast majority of users will wrap themselves up and move.
However, based on a model of neurological feedback and fibrosis release via inter-layer and intra-layer fascial shear, respectively, I would suggest that users dawn their floss and move through as large of a range of motion as possible in as many planes and directions as possible in order to ascertain the maximum amount of beneficial effect.
Occlusion and Reactive Hyperemia
I realize that one is not “suppose to” use Voodoo Floss to occlude blood flow. What one should do and what one does are often different. Besides, short term ischemia of a skeletal muscle is not always a bad thing (see here ). I think it odd that most trainers say that you should not go so tight as to occlude blood flow, when K-Star himself cites it as one of the benefits at around 3:00 of this video.
Based in this study, one could potentially see these sorts of benefits from as little as 15 seconds of blood flow restriction. Looking here and here, we see that primary hormonal vasodilators, prostoglandins and nitric oxide lead to hyperaemia following restriction of blood flow. I don’t know this, but I would assume that increased blood flow to an area would help with hydration, healing, and performance.
As another interesting thought, I came across a study indicating that low intensity exercise with occlusive stimuli stimulates muscular strength and size (in 8 weeks, compared to exercise with no occlusion), as well as an acute spike in Human Growth Hormone within 15 minutes.
Nitric Oxide + Growth Hormone = Ronnie Coleman.
The Takeaway: There is a beneficial local endocrine response to temporary occlusion, resulting in increased H.G.H. and N.O., two messengers that could potentially lead to improved healing times, among other things.
Temporary, Artificial Joint Centration
Voodoo Floss is sometimes applied mid muscle belly, but I see it applied around a joint more often. The first time I used it on my knee following knee surgery about 6 months ago, I couldn’t get over the instant improvement in range of motion within about 10 seconds of putting it on. Using the extremely rough estimate of pain-free knee-to-butt ROM, I went from about 10 inches to within 4 inches in a matter of seconds. I realize that the knee is not the kind of joint that one would typically classify as optimally centrated in the sense that it does not have a particularly spherical joint surface. However, it does have an optimal I.A.R. (instantaneous axis of rotation) at any given angle and in any plane. What if we gave it a mechanical centration-assist that was able to stretch and move as needed? I would think that pain-free ROM would increase through optimal motor control. In the FMS or SFMA world, we could call this a pattern-assist.
The nice thing was that I wore the Voodoo Floss for about 30-45 seconds, did some passive knee flexion, some lunges on a box with assisted tibial IR, a few squats, then took it off. Budaboom. Instant squat improvement.
I have seen this work extremely well in the femoroacetabular joint, the tibiofemoral joint, the ankle mortice, as well as the glenohumeral joint. I am sure it works well elsewhere, too. We wrap up the joint, go through some active and passive movements, both compound and single joint, then remove. There is generally a quick carryover into motor control and pain free ROM. In the past, almost anything I have seen which makes such a quick improvement in mobility can be attributed to motor control, not some physical property change. AND, since optimal feedback will be occurring from optimal joint centration, I am going to take this one step further and suggest that maybe we are giving ourselves some artificial joint centration by tightly wrapping a joint and all of it’s soft tissues.
The Takeaway: Voodoo Floss could be acting as a “Pattern Assist” via artificial joint centration, followed by active movement.
Skin Strain: Pain Gating and Kinaesthetic Sense
Instead of writing all about this one, let me quote a book I am laboriously attenmpting to finish off right now, called Pain: It’s Anatomy, Physiology and Treatment by Aage R. Moller:
(Referring to input from larger, myelinated sensory fibers) This input from the periphery is inhibitory and it can modulate the transmission of pain signals. It is a part of the gating of pain signals described by Melzack and Wall (1965). The so-called “intermediate zone”, consisting of cells of laminae VI, VII, and VIII, has cells that receive input from large diameter fibres (mainly A-beta fibers) that innervate receptors that respond to innocuous a nocuous (painful) stimulations from large areas of skin.
For anyone who has tried Voodoo Floss, they know that the stimulation of the skin is probably the strongest sensation that one feels during “flossing”. I assume I don’t have to explain this much further, considering the previous quote.
Here’s one you may not have thought of, as it pertains to skin strain:
It is concluded that (i)the brain’s assessment of the position at finger joints maybe determined by afferent signals generated as a result of movement-associated skin strain patterns, (ii) afferent signals originating in skin mechanoreceptors under certain circumstances have precedence over signals generated in mechanoreceptive muscle afferents with respect to the perception of movements and the control of motor behaviour, and (iii) skin strain may be perceived as joint movements rather than skin deformation.
That’s a direct quote from one of many studies which have shown that skin strain gives strong kinaesthetic information to the CNS. This one can be found here, if you wanted to read the whole article, as I did.
The Takeaway: Don’t rule out the skin as a major player in the nervous system. That skin strain you feel during flossing is a strong kinaesthetic input to the CNS, potentially improving movement, as well as gating pain.
An Inconclusinve Conclusion
As you may have guessed, what I’ve outline here is likely not exhaustive. I have dozens of other theories about how Voodoo Floss might work. Some of those theories are related to nerve flossing/tension, compartmental pressurization, tissue hydration, psychological effects, etc. This article is borderline too long already, so I will leave you, the faithful reader, to come to your own conclusions on those fronts.
What are your thoughts and experiences with Voodoo Floss?
Muscle flossing has recently exploded onto the physical therapy and fitness scenes, yet the mechanisms explaining why muscle flossing is so effective at increasing mobility and flexibility, rehabbing injuries, and as a prehab tool is still a mystery. Heck, even the most popular brand of floss bands on the market is called Voodoo Floss (sold by Rogue and MobilityWOD). Even with the mystery, the results you can achieve with floss bands are just short of incredible. Kelly Starrett has a video series on floss bands, and in the book “Becoming a Supple Leopard 2nd Edition,” Dr. Kelly Starrett states that floss bands are, “the most powerful and effective [mobilization] method in terms of restoring position and motion.” That’s a pretty nice endorsement.
Muscle flossing is the act of wrapping your muscle, joint, or both at the same time with a floss band, compressing the wrapped area in the process, and then moving the wrapped area through a typical range of motion (ROM). To do this, floss bands are used, and these are usually latex bands approximately 2″x7′ which are wrapped tightly around a chosen area.
Many write that floss bands help to break up intramuscular junk such as scar tissue, accumulated lactic acid, among other things, and while unknown mechanisms might exist for muscle flossing which explain how it breaks up intramuscular junk (whatever the heck that is), I believe there exist two scientifically feasible mechanisms which help to explain some of the reasons muscle flossing seems to be so effective in healing injuries, increasing mobility, and preventing injuries in the first place.
Joint Centration
Joint centration is the position of a joint where there is maximal joint congruence (the joint is optimally positioned) and an ideal balance between the muscles which act upon the joint exists. Joint centration is important because it is in this ideal joint position that the body can safely handle the largest loads effectively. When a joint is ideally centrated, irradiation of the working musculature is increased, and this also assists in increasing the bodies ability to safely handle the largest loads effectively. Sherrington’s Law of Irradiation states:
A muscle working under significant load recruits the neighboring muscles to assist in supporting/moving the load, and if the neighboring muscles are already part of the action, their strength is amplified. The neural impulses emitted by the contracting muscle spread out to other muscles and activate them, which feed back and strengthen the contraction of the main muscle(s) under load.
By wrapping a joint with floss bands and moving the area through its ROM, you compress the joint and muscles associated with the joint into their optimal positions, and then move the now centrated joint through its ROM. This creates a fantastic motor pattern stimulus for your central nervous system, especially if your joint(s) were previously not optimally centrated. Now that an optimal motor pattern has been established by the CNS, it will be much easier to achieve optimal motor patterning going forward, and as a result, proper joint centration without the use of floss bands.
This mechanism of creating and reinforcing proper motor patterns makes floss bands a great tool for rehab and prehab. If your joint is not optimally centrated, muscle flossing will help to reassociate your central nervous system to the correct movement patterns, and if you already have optimal joint centration, muscle flossing around a joint will only further reinforce that correct motor pattern.
Proper joint centration and irradiation have the added benefit of increasing total body stability, allowing heavier loads to be supported/moved by the body, and with a loss of joint centration, stress on the surrounding tissues, and subsequently the body, increases as there is a loss of full body stability along with the imprinting of sub-optimal motor patterns.
Cartilage Repair
Cartilage is a flexible connective tissue which exists in the joints of the body, among other places such as the rib cage, ears, and nose, and it is stiffer and less flexible than muscle. There are three types of cartilage, but hyaline cartilage is the type of cartilage found in joints, and the type of cartilage relevant in our discussion of floss bands.
Hyaline cartilage is found on many joint surfaces, and when hyaline cartilage covers the ends of bones where they come together to form joints, it is more specifically called articular cartilage. Healthy articular cartilage is 2-4 mm in thickness and allows bones to move against each other with very little friction, making movement easy. If articular cartilage is damaged or completely destroyed, friction is increased, making movement difficult and painful. Knee surgeries (among others) are becoming so common because more and more people are completely destroying their knees articular cartilage (for a variety of reasons), and as a result, when knee movement occurs, the femur is in direct contact with the tibia (bone on bone), a limiting and painful condition.
Hyaline cartilage is made up of chondrocytes, the cells which make up cartilage, and cartilage is formed when chondrocytes secrete cartilage and become embedded in it. Chondrocytes and cartilage contain significant amounts of type II collagen, and cartilage contains no blood vessels or nerves. Cartilage, and in this case case articular cartilage, can be damaged in an injury or through normal wear and tear. If you are an athlete or strength train, you very likely place greater demands on your joints than the average person, and as a result the rate of normal wear and tear of your articular cartilage is possibly higher than normal. The issue with cartilage is since it contains no blood vessels, the normal bodily healing mechanisms do not apply, and as a result cartilage does not heal easily.
The chondrocytes embedded in the cartilage are responsible for the healing of cartilage, and chondrocytes are supplied by diffusion. To increase the rate of healing for cartilage then, it follows that the diffusion rate must be increased and cartilage building blocks must be in sufficient concentration as well. Here is where floss bands come in.
One of the many abilities attributed to floss bands is that they can be used to heal up an injured joint. Anecdotal stories of knee and shoulder surgeries no longer needing to be performed after the use of floss bands abound, and there is some science which can back up those reports.
Chondrocytes, the foundation of cartilage, are supplied by diffusion, and as it turns out, mechanical compression of the articular cartilage generates the pumping action which assists in the diffusion of building blocks to the chondrocytes. Floss bands are meant to be wrapped tightly, and the intense compression exerted by floss bands when wrapped very likely compresses the articular cartilage to some degree, jump starting the diffusion healing process. By wrapping the affected joint, you compress the joint and tissues surrounding the joint, generating the articular cartilage pumping action which assists diffusion to the chondrocytes, and once the band is removed, blood rushes back to the area, increasing the amount of blood (and cartilage building blocks) to an even greater degree than before, quickening the rate of diffusion.
Floss bands both get diffusion started, and then overload the area with blood; it’s a one two punch. If you supplement with type II collagen too, you flood your body with additional cartilage building blocks, and set yourself up for a very friendly cartilage healing environment, something notoriously difficult to do. The degree to which the generation of the pumping action, the increased rate of diffusion, and the increased concentration of type II collagen from supplementation, is currently unknown, but even a slight increase in the healing rate of cartilage can have a big impact over years of consistent floss band use and collagen type II supplementation. As a result, I believe regular usage of floss bands will very likely increase the longevity of ones lifting career.
Voodoo Floss Bands Review
The Rogue/MobilityWOD floss bands come in two types: Voodoo Floss Bands (black) and Voodoo X Bands (red). The Voodoo X Bands are thicker than the regular version, and as a result they offer more compression when wrapped.
Voodoo Floss Bands Specifications:
Length: 7′ (2.13 m)
Width: 2″ (5.08 cm)
Thickness: 0.051″ (1.3 mm)
Material: Natural Latex Rubber
Max Stretch: 150% of length
Voodoo X Bands Specifications:
Length: 7′ (2.13 m)
Width: 2″ (5.08 cm)
Thickness: 0.06″ (1.5 mm)
Material: Natural Latex Rubber
Max Stretch: 150% of length
Floss bands can also be used for various exercises such as band pull-aparts or band assisted pull-ups. Personally I don’t recommend you use them for anything other that muscle flossing, as the bands are only 1.5 mm thick, and it’s easy enough to buy some heavy duty workout bands designed for exercise use, but if you’re trying to save some money or reduce the size of your gym bag, they can be used for multiple purposes.
When applying the Voodoo Floss Bands, the first thing you’ll notice is how much grip they have, and this is critical. For floss bands to work effectively, they must stick to your skin easily, and once fully wrapped, it must stick to itself so it doesn’t come undone. You can see a demonstration of how floss bands are wrapped below.
See some more demonstrations of how the floss bands work here.
Once the floss band is in place, leave it on for a couple minutes and move through any movements you’d like. If circulation starts to get seriously cut off during the muscle flossing, or your limb starts to go numb, unwrap immediately and wrap a bit looser next time.
Be warned, when flossing certain areas, specifically the elbows and shoulders, I find the floss bands often pinch the skin during application, leaving behind red marks which might persist for a couple of days. If you need to wear a sleeveless dress ladies or the you want to show off your guns guys, you might want to muscle floss the day after. With that said, the positive healing and mobility effects of the floss bands far outweigh the discomfort that can be experienced during proper application and any resulting red marks.
If you decide to pick up a pair of floss bands, make sure to wrap from the top down, leaving the loose end of the floss band at the bottom of the wrap job in order to avoid the band from rolling down on you. Since you leave the band on while moving through the wrapped areas full ROM, sometimes, but rarely, if the loose end of the floss band is left at the top, it will roll down end over end during the movement, tightening successively each time. This can get very uncomfortable very fast. I’ve had this happen to me once when wrapping my knee and it was very uncomfortable and almost impossible to get off.
When it comes to wrapping the bands, it is quite easy to wrap your ankles and knees by yourself, moderately difficult to wrap the elbows by yourself (but possible), and basically downright impossible to wrap the shoulders by yourself. This leads to the other main drawback of the floss bands which is that they are best used with the help of a friend, as your friend can wrap more securely/tighter and move your wrapped area through a greater range of motion than you would be able to do alone.
Personal Experience
My experience with floss bands began when I mentioned to my coworker (who is a Crossfit junkie) that I was having some left knee pain during squats. He recommended that I try wrapping my knee with floss bands, which up to that point I had never heard of, and having a pair in his truck, he grabbed them, showed me how to use them, and then lent me one for a week. For the next week, I wrapped my knee diligently everyday, using them while performing deep body-weight squats, and by the end the week I was amazed by my huge improvement in knee pain, likely as a result of improved joint centration. After the week was up I bought a pair immediately, and since then my floss bands have become my most used gym accessory by a wide margin.
I continued to use the floss bands on my knee, eventually healing it up completely, and I also used it to rehab my previously rolled left ankle, my shoulders (which I injured a long time ago), strained biceps, and any elbow tendinitis I occasionally develop. Now I use floss bands on my knees before every squat session as a prehab movement, and whenever I can get someone to help me, I wrap my shoulders in an effort to fix them up.
Where to Buy
Rogue Fitness sells their two types of floss bands, Voodoo Floss Bands and Voodoo X Bands, but if you’d rather save some money on shipping and pick up a pair of floss bands of the same quality for the same price, you can also buy them on Amazon from WODFitters.
Considering my positive experience with floss bands, I highly recommend anyone who consistently hits the gym or is looking to rehab an injury to purchase a pair of floss bands.
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Ever wonder why so many athletes are hooked on their Voodoo floss? Are you trying to decide if you should get some? Not sure how to use yours? Hopefully you already know all of the wonderful uses for Voodoo floss and it’s amazing benefits for your mobility and recovery but just in case you do not, here’s a summary of why this tool is so magical along with some examples and ideas for making the most of your floss.
OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW
Voodoo Floss helps break up intramuscular junk to allow for greater mobility and blood supply to an area. By squeezing the muscle in a tight wrap, then forcing it through a full range of motion (ROM), friction between muscle fibers helps break up fuzz, scar tissue, lactic acid and other junk in those tiny places that foam rolling and lacrosse ball techniques can’t address. You will only leave the Voodoo floss on for about two minutes.
Example: TIGHTLY wrap the calf and do calf-focused self-myofascial release (SMR), stretching, squats, lunges, etc.
HEALING & CLEANSING POWER
When you release the band, a rush of blood washes through the muscle; this not only brings nutrients for growth and healing but also clearing out all that junk you just broke up. This is also true for injury recovery and can be used to aid the healing of strained tissue. For swollen areas, you want to promote lymphatic drainage. To do this, wrap the band about half as tight as you do when you’re trying to mobilize the area. It’s good to put the area through gentle ROM if you can; shoot for more of a compression massage where you are physically maneuvering the area versus bashing it to death.
Example: For swollen knees, wrap the band snugly but not too tightly around the knee and then massage the swollen area. A few gentle squats here would be ok or even walking up and down stairs. No prying or other aggressive movements.
STRETCH THOSE HARD TO STRETCH PLACES
To work shoulders, wrists, ankles, elbows and the little pieces within, wrap a band tightly around the joint (sometimes it might take two bands to cover the area) and put it through ROM like push-ups, PVC pass-throughs, squatting, lunging, etc. For knees, wrap one band above and one band below the joint, then do some squats. When you put the joint through ROM with bands anchored on either side, they stretch everything in between, which can greatly improve not only joint ROM but also pain, stiffness and tendonitis.
Example: Wrap your elbow tightly starting four fingers above the joint and rollling down tightly. Force your elbow into flexion by doing push-ups or having someone bend it.
GOOD TO GO VERSUS PROBABLY A NO NO
Unfortunately, as great as this tool can be, there are some areas of the body that floss does NOT help. Please avoid these areas.
Good to Go: shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands, thighs/hamstrings, calf, ankle, foot
No No: head, face, neck, chest, torso, abdomen, back, over knee cap (this one is your call but I don’t think it feels very nice)
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE!
ROLL FROM THE TOP DOWN and leave the loose end near the bottom to avoid a “code red”. A code red happens when the loose end is left at the top of the wrap and then the top rolls down over the end, tightening and tangling it into something that’s impossible to unravel and you have to cut yourself out of.
WHERE & WHAT TO PURCHASE
You can purchase Voodoo Floss on Amazon.com or RogueFitness.com and I recommend that you purchase the 28’ length and cut it into three pieces – 2 x 10’ & 1 x 8’ – versus purchasing the pre-cut 7’ lengths. You can never have too much floss but you hate to run out halfway down a quad.
Test and retest the ROM and/or do one side and compare it to the other the first few times you Voodoo so you can see what a difference it makes. After that, when you’re a pro, you can wrap more than one body part at a time and come up with your own movements and motions with them on depending on your needs and what feels like it works best for you.
Please share your favorite use of Voodoo Floss in the comments.
Are you having trouble with muscle soreness after a tough workout? Are continuous injuries negatively affecting your daily performance at the gym? Are you looking for a simple yet effective solution to these problems? You’re on the right track!
While massage tools like foam rollers, massage balls, expensive manual massages or even physical therapy can help to some extent, these compression bands are becoming the number one choice of top athletes and gymers. Why do they rave about and love this tool so much?
These compression bands encourage blood flow, increase the circulation and warm up the muscles. They help reduce minor pain caused by strains, swelling, and sprains. The bands also relieve pain, promote flexibility, and increase the range of motion.
Easy tack and floss in a few minutes with amazing results. Should your shoulder, knee, ankle, elbow, or wrist bother you, wrap it in HiggsFit muscle floss band and do a full range of motion exercises every day you will be surprised by how effectively these simple bands can do on your body.
The HiggsFit compression bands come in two sizes and colors with 100% guarantee. If you use it in 60 days and still see nothing changes, send it back for a full refund. No questions asked!
1. ACCELARATE BLOOD FLOW
These compression bands encourage blood flow, increase the circulation and warm up the muscles.
2. HELP HEALING INJURED TISSUE
The products create some pressure/compression around the swelling and force the swelling to start to move out of the area through the Lymphatic System. This helps restore movement and blood flow to the area/joint/muscle to get it to heal.
3. REDUCE MUSCULAR INJURY & RELIEVE PAIN
They help reduce minor pain caused by strains, swelling, and sprains. The bands also relieve pain, promote flexibility and increase the range of motion.
4. TWO LEVELS OF COMPRESSION
The black mobility band measures .051″ thick x 2″ wide x 7′ long and offer compression for most athletes in most areas. Best used for thighs/hamstrings, calf, ankle
The red band measures .060″ thick x 2″ Wide x 7′ long and offer an increased amount of compression for working large muscles or when you need a deeper flossing. Best used for shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands, foot
5. 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
Try it and if you don’t love it, send it back for a full refund. No questions asked!
The nice thing was that I wore the Voodoo Floss for about 30-45 seconds, did some passive knee flexion, some lunges on a box with assisted tibial IR, a few squats, then took it off. Budaboom. Instant squat improvement.
