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Behm D. G., Wilke J. (2019). Do self-myofascial release devices release myofascia? Rolling mechanisms: a narrative review. Sport. Med. 49, 1173–1181. 10.1007/s40279-019-01149-y [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] We scoured the market for the available ones, reviewed them and ranked the top ones below. Take a look and see if anything catches your eye. #1 – WODFitters Floss Bands Salvador, A.F.; De Aguiar, R.A.; Lisbôa, F.D.; Pereira, K.L.; Cruz, R.S.; Caputo, F. Ischemic Preconditioning and Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int. J. Sports Physiol. Perform. 2016, 11, 4–14. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]

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How to use floss bands

Ease of use: You need to consider your mouth's needs when looking at floss -- like if you have braces, wide gaps, close or crowded teeth, etc. Daniel Reich, DMD, recommends that people use floss best suited for their teeth. Should your teeth be closer together, it's better to use a thinner floss whereas if you have larger spaces, dental tape may be the better option. Water flossers would be the best option for people with braces. There are many reasons why you might choose to use floss bands and these are just some of them. It’s one way of improving your performance in the gym without having to increase the volume or intensity of your training. How to Use Floss Bands Wienke A. K., Thiel C., Kopkow C. (2020). Effekte von Medical flossing bei patienten mit schulterbeschwerden: randomisierte kontrollierte Pilotstudie. Physioscience 16, 5–15. 10.1055/a-1078-6882 [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Up to 9 months: 1 session/day with active movement−3 × 10 weight-bearing lunges (as a “flossing motion”) + Lacrosse ball massage

Taking the significant and non-significant findings together out of the 44 measures, in 43 measures, percentage changes were extracted. Concerning ankle flossing, 11 measures from three studies were extracted. Only two out of the 11 measures on ankle flossing showed a significant increase in performance. One study reported a significant increase in CMJ height following ankle flossing (Driller and Overmayer, 2017). Two studies (Driller et al., 2017; Mills et al., 2019) showed trivial to small changes in sprinting times following ankle flossing [5 m: −1.45% (95% CI, −2.00 to −0.90%); 10 m: 0.3% (95% CI, 0.00 to 0.60%); 15 m: 0.75% (95% CI, 0.00 to 1.50%)]. With regard to calf flossing, 14 measures out of three studies were extracted. Only one out of the six measures demonstrated a significant improvement following calf flossing on performance (RFD 0–50 ms in Kaneda et al., 2020a). While plantar flexor isometric strength (Galis and Cooper, 2020; Kaneda et al., 2020a) and balance (Pakarklis and Šiupšinskas, 2018) seem to be unchanged following calf flossing, RFD in various time frames (e.g., 0–50 ms) showed an increase ranging from 5.10 to 21.10% (Kaneda et al., 2020a). Knee flossing was only applied in one study (five measures) with all parameters (related to jumping) significantly improved when comparing before and after values (Marco et al., 2020). Thigh flossing was performed in three studies with a total of 13 measures. However, only three out of the 13 measures showed a significant increase following the flossing treatment. One study showed a non-significant decrease in CMJ height (−1.40%; Konrad et al., 2020a), and another study showed non-significant decreases in various time frames of RFD (e.g., 0–50 ms) ranging from −6.70 to 0.00% (Kaneda et al., 2020b). However, concerning MVC of both knee extensors and knee flexors, a moderate average increase was shown. The two measures of the knee extensor MVC (out of two studies) showed an average increase of 5.71% (95% CI, 5.62 to 5.80%). It has to be mentioned here that both studies reported these increases to be significant (Konrad et al., 2020a; Vogrin et al., 2020). Although the individual study results were shown to be not significant, the knee flexor MVC following thigh flossing, taken out of two studies (Kaneda et al., 2020b; Vogrin et al., 2020), showed an average increase of 3.00% (95% CI, 2.10 to 3.90%). Active movement: 3 times 2 min of slow knee flexion/extension (90° knee flexion to full knee extension)−2 min rest in between (∑ 6 min) Bleeding gums can be caused by multiple things, some a sign of gum disease and some easily reversible. Kaneda H., Takahira N., Tsuda K., Tozaki K., Kudo S., Takahashi Y., et al.. (2020b). Effects of tissue flossing and dynamic stretching on hamstring muscles function. J. Sport. Sci. Med. 19, 681–689. [ PMC free article] [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar]Rouis, M.; Coudrat, L.; Jaafar, H.; Filliard, J.R.; Vandewalle, H.; Barthelemy, Y.; Driss, T. Assessment of isokinetic knee strength in elite young female basketball players: Correlation with vertical jump. J. Sports Med. Phys. Fit. 2015, 55, 1502–1508. [ Google Scholar]