A small 2020 study in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine found that 16 male volunteers reported an increased range of motion after a 5-minute treatment with a massage gun on their calf muscles.

My favorite feature of massage guns is how intuitive they are ... You turn it on and blast a tight shoulder, calf, or other sore muscle, much like you’d knead yourself with a foam roller ...

"Let's say you have a tight calf and aren't walking normally ... "You could spend from $100 to $300 on a massage, and that's one or two payments of buying a gun," he says. "I think it's very ...