Quick Answer: The Graston Technique is an evidence-based instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) therapy that uses six stainless-steel tools to break down scar tissue, release fascial restrictions, and accelerate healing of muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Complete Care Chiropractic in Williamsville, NY offers Graston Technique with certified providers seven days a week.
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Graston Technique is a name-brand, evidence based, form of Instrument Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) which utilizes a set of six stainless steel instruments. Their use can be applied to the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia for multiple reasons, including, but not limited to, edema pump (decreasing swelling and inflammation), breaking down existing scar tissue, re-instigating the body's own tissue repair process, and encouraging the proper fiber orientation of tissue repair as it occurs. Read more about Graston Technique.
What to Expect
Graston Technique brand instruments magnify what the practitioner's hands feel, similar to how a stethoscope amplifies the sound of a heartbeat. They can detect thickening, ridges, adhesions, fibrotic nodules, crystalline deposits, and scar tissue. Both the clinician and patient feel these as vibration sensations through the instruments.
Graston Technique brand instruments are particularly helpful in identifying and assessing myofascial strain patterns. Since the surface of the instruments do not compress, like fat pads of the finger, deeper lesions are more accessible and treatable. In addition, due to the smaller surface area of the edges on some of the instruments, they can separate fibers and outline the anatomy more effectively (such as along the patella or scapula).
From a physiological stand point, GT therapy is highly effective in enhancing blood perfusion, increasing stem cells, and increasing fibroblastic activity (the building blocks of connective tissue such as muscle, ligaments, and tendons).
All these effects positively impact healing making GT essential to soft tissue treatment for a variety of clinical indications such as:
- Tendinopathies
- Fascial Syndromes
- Myofascial Pain Syndromes
- Ligament Pain Syndromes
- Edema Reduction
- Scar Tissue/Adhesions
- Entrapment Syndromes
Some of these conditions include but are not limited to:
- Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
- Medial Epicondylitis (Golfers Elbow)
- Supraspinatus Tendinosis
- Achilles Tendinosis
- Patellar Tendinosis
- De Quervain's Syndrome
- Plantar Fascitis
- ITB Syndrome
- Trigger Finger
- Chronic Compartment Syndrome
- MCL/LCL Knee Sprains
- Ankle Sprains
- Postsurgical Scar Tissue
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tension Headaches
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Ulnar Entrapment
- Sprains/strains of the soft tissues through the spine:
Neck, upper to mid back, low back, pelvis, hips
If you are experiencing any of these conditions, we encourage you to contact us today to see how our Skilled Graston Techniques can help you.
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Many of our patients combine their skilled Graston Technique with the Graston Technique, which we are uniquely certified in. This is a large and significant component to our specialized approach to treatment. These treatments compliment each other very well to address both the joint dysfunction of the bones as well as the soft tissue components of an injury, whether it be the muscle tension, strains and sprains, adhesions/scar tissue and knots throughout the fascia and the muscles. Together these techniques help us to heal our patient's injuries and pave the path to wellness by treating the musculoskeletal system as a whole. Learn more about Graston Technique.Graston Technique FAQ
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