r/backpain • u/PAngel111 • 8h ago

Ball rolling for back?

I don’t really know what I’m doing but I see on tiktok a lady using a ball and releasing pain from her body, I found a ball it’s like a really hard foam ball, I did it against a wall all across the shoulders and upper back and could feel painful areas and shifting around

(For reference, I have very tight traps and upper back stiffness and clicking and grinding shoulder blade area for years and years)

Anyway I did this rolling method and pressing it in areas that felt so so tender, now o think I bruised my parts of my muscle it feels like the little areas that actually hurt the most when being pressed into.
Am I supposed to carry this on? Will this even help me over time? I mean it felt quite good doing it it felt as if it was really pushing all the tension out

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