Instrument Assist Soft Tissue Mob (guest lecture) (UNFINISHED)

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Gua sha

• Means scraping, spooning, or coining

• Believed to release unhealthy bodily matter from blood stasis withing sore, tired, stiff or injured mm areas to stimulate new oxygenated blood flow to the areas - this promotes metabolic cell repair, regeneration, healing, and recovery

• Strokes are performed along pathways or meridian lines of the body

Gratson technique

• Hx: attribut3ed to David Graston developed a set of instruments after he suffered a knee injury

• Rx: insert from lecture

Fascia

A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together mms, organs, and other soft tissue structures

FC about the effects and studies

What can be treated about IASTM?

• Spastic diplegia - CP

• Lateral epicondylitis

• Achilles tendinitis

• Posterior shoulder tightness

• Mastectomy related scarring

• TKR

• Plantar fasciosis

Contraindications or IASTM

• DVT

• Open wounds

• Infection

• Skin sensitivity

• Blood thinners

• Patient tolerance

• Sensory deficits

• CHF (with edema)

• Osteomyelitis

• Sutures/staples in the area

• Myositis ossificans

• Hematoma

FCs about the studies (focus on what the speaker says to focus on)