Therapeutic systems and roller devices and methods of use

A therapeutic kit adapted to perform therapy on soft tissue beneath the skin within a body region of an individual's body through a rolling application of pressure, the kit comprising at least a first roller device comprising:

• an axis of rotation;
• oppositely-disposed ends on the axis of rotation;
• at least first and second rollers and a center roller therebetween, the center, first, and second rollers being oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation and spaced apart from each other between the oppositely-disposed ends of the first roller device along the axis of rotation thereof so as to define axial gaps between the center, first, and second rollers, the center roller being at a center of the first roller device between the oppositely-disposed ends such that the first roller device is symmetrical about the center roller, the center, first and second rollers being sized and configured to provide substantially continuous lines of contact with the individual's skin, each of the center, first and second rollers having a circular perimeter that defines an outer diameter and a contact surface of the roller, the contact surface extending between axial ends of the roller thereof to define a contact surface radius sized so that the center, first and second rollers apply levels of pressure to the soft tissue beneath the skin when the first roller device is pressed with a level of force against the skin of the individual and caused to travel across the skin within the body region of the individual's body;
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• a portable support comprising a pliable nonrigid pad, a more rigid substrate that supports the pliable nonrigid pad, and a pliant material that supports the more rigid substrate, the portable support being sized and shaped to support the body region while the first roller device is between the body region and the pliable nonrigid pad and the first roller device is rolled between the body region and the pliable nonrigid pad to perform therapy on the body region, the pliable nonrigid pad being at least one centimeter thick so that the first roller device sufficiently penetrates the pliable nonrigid pad to cause a drag that resists rolling of the first roller device.