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Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) and Graston
At your first appointment, your Physical Therapist will perform a thorough evaluation and develop a personalized rehabilitation treatment program with you that may include IASTM and Graston Therapy.
What is Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)?
Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is an effective manual therapy treatment to help relieve pain from soft-tissue injuries. Physical therapists use specially designed tools to help remodel scar tissue, increase range of motion and decrease pain. There are multiple types of IASTM products including ASTYM, Hawkgrips and Graston Technique. Despite their differences, each technique is designed to improve blood flow and scar tissue mobility, decrease muscle spasms and improve healing.
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Benefits of IASTM
A trained clinician will use a specially designed tool to help assist with treatment over areas within the muscle, tendon or scar tissue. This type of treatment will enhance healing and help improving the flow of fluid in and around the pain area. Patients can expect improvement of function after one to four treatments.
Patients with a wide variety of symptoms related to chronic pain, muscle spasm or scar tissue buildup may benefit from IASTM.
Common Diagnosis Treated With IASTM are:
- Painful scars
- Tennis elbow
- Runners knee (patellar tendonitis)
- Golfers elbow
- IT band syndrome
- Other tendonitis or tendinosis
- Shin splints
- Carpal Tunnel syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Low back and neck pain
- Joint sprain
- Plantar fasciitis
- Post-fracture pain
- De quervains syndrome
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Clinical research shows that the sooner you get started with active rehabilitation, the less likely you will need unnecessary tests, medications, or surgery.
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At your evaluation appointment, you will meet with a physical therapist who will perform a thorough evaluation that includes:
- A review of your health history and your specific symptoms.
- A thorough examination that includes assessing the quality and quantity of your movements, and any factors that might put you at risk for delayed recovery or might indicate a serious health problem.
- Assessment of how you use your body at work, at home, during sports, and at leisure.
- Determination of the diagnosis and impairments that are causing your pain and establishment of a treatment plan of care.
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Low Country Therapy is “top notch” in all respects! Clearly it is the most effective PT group anywhere to which I have ever gone. The therapist are attentive to your needs and safety throughout the sessions. Combined with that, it is the cleanest and best maintained of all PT groups I have used anywhere. It is only five stars because that is the max number in this survey! I must say that I have frequented other physical therapy facilities and the Murrells Inlet Low County PT facility is top notch in my book. I have been going for various issues since 2020 and yesterday I went again for knee issues. Everyone is so friendly when you come in, even remembering you after a 3 year absence. Jared, my PT person was very professional and took the time to ask many questions about my issue and took plenty of time to explain each exercise that I was to do. I felt very confident after I left after that 1st visit yesterday that I was going to have a positive healing experience with him. Low Country is #1 in my book and won’t be going anywhere else for PT.
