When Blackroll and also these accessories is self massagers. By exerting pressure with the exerciser on certain body parts bonded fascia / connective tissue are loosened again and make it pliable. This can be achieved, for example, trigger points by rolling over the relevant parts of the body or pressure on especially hardened points /.
While offering Blackroll more for large-scale applications, especially in the legs and back, the balls and mini Black for Rolls punktuellere treatments are suitable. I use the Mini-Blackroll eg for rolling my plantar fascia (bottom of the foot). My foot was often very cramped from walking, which has given itself to regular use of Blackroll. For the shoulder and neck area I find particularly small ball very suitable. The normal Blackroll can here simply do not penetrate deep enough and purposefully in the cramped structures in order to be truly effective. If I place myself with my back to a wall or door, I can very well apply pressure with the ball on my upper back. Having recently strong neck pain, which otherwise only a headache tablet would have helped had pushed away within a few minutes, I'm now finally convinced that positive changes are possible with these small devices.
The enclosed booklet contains some training suggestions. If that's not enough, I recommend the book Become a supple Leopard Kelly Starrett, which presents not only more exercises, but also various mobilization techniques. Otherwise you just have a little tinkering. Everyone has their own problem areas, and accordingly, each must find out for yourself what works best in an even / acts. One should not be afraid of pain. Over years or even decades strained tissue can hurt really, if you put pressure on it. The pain indicates that one advances in bonded structures; just gently back a bit on the units concerned and forth to roll, brings little. My shoulder hurts sometimes that I want to cry when I press into the ball. Instead, I put a grin on (it looks no one to) and press firmly to separate and it works.
Patience and perseverance you have to bring natural. I do not want to give the impression that this training equipment would be a kind of magic means by which to resolve all the pain in no time to disappear forever. My personal experience is that it is possible with regular training achieve significant improvements. In order for my neck to achieve a similar effect to using these devices, I would probably have a day hike to the masseur. But giving her neither my schedule yet my wallet. For this reason, I find the price also reasonable. This is a one time investment, but for a long time has a benefit for me. I would recommend this set to anyone who suffers from tension and is willing to contribute to his healing itself.
From my Blackroll accessory set gets 5 stars. It took a while before I could do anything with these devices, but now they are very useful and helpful for me.