<P> In 2011, the UK Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint regarding the effectiveness claims published in an advertising leaflet produced by the Myofascial Release UK health care service . The ASA Council ruled that materials presented by Myofascial Release UK in support of the claims made in their ad were inadequate to establish a "body of robust scientific evidence" to substantiate Myofascial Release UK's range of claims . In addition, the ASA determined that the ad breached advertising rules by introducing a risk that readers might be discouraged from seeking other essential medical treatments . </P> <P> Reviews published in 2013 and 2015 evaluating evidence for MFR efficacy found that clinical trials that had been conducted varied in quality, technique, outcome measurements, and had mixed outcomes; the 2015 review noted: "it is time for scientific evidences (sic) on MFR to support its clinical use ." Another review concluded that the use of foam rollers or a roller massager before or after exercise for self - myofascial release appears to be helpful with regard to range of motion and soreness, but the evidence is poor . </P> <P> The approach was promulgated as an alternative medicine concept by Andrew Taylor Still, inventor of osteopathy, and his early students . The exact phrase "myofascial release" was coined in the 1960s by Robert Ward, an osteopath who studied with Ida Rolf, the originator of Rolfing . Ward, along with physical therapist John Barnes, are considered the two primary founders of Myofascial Release . </P>

From what method of body work did foam rolling originate