Rupert will better be able to answer the question as to how much massage footage will be covered on the New DVD, which is being edited.
Charlie got alot of things cleared up over the multiple massages.
Well, I have found a quality accupucturist (who uses current in conjuction with the treatment) in my area.
Keep the areas Dr. Prebeg cleared up on my jump start up in Toronto.
Tom,
Did Mike do any Graston work on you? I didn’t get a chance to meet Mike, but his assoicate, Ty Ashcroft, did some Graston on my calves/achilles in addition to ART. It was pretty intense but definitely effective.
No Graston but Dr. Prebeg did use another technique in addition to the ART to fix some soft tissue areas.
http://www.grastontechnique.com/about.html#History
History of the Graston Technique
The Graston Technique, researched at Ball Memorial Hospital and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, was conceived by an athlete who suffered a debilitating knee injury while water skiing.
Frustrated at the lack of rehabilitation progress following surgery and conventional therapy, he applied his professional background in machining to create the initial Graston Technique instruments to treat his soft tissue injury.
In 1994, TherapyCare Resources Inc., parent company of Graston Technique, opened an out-patient clinic in Indianapolis, where outcome data was gathered on a wide range of chronic and acute injuries. Five years later, the company turned all of its attention to teaching and training clinicians and research on the technique.
Today, there are more than 1500 clinicians–including athletic trainers, chiropractors and therapists–who use the Graston Technique protocol to effectively detect-treat-resolve a myriad of connective soft tissue dysfunctions. This growing list of practitioners and clinics comprises what now is known as the GT Provider Network.
Graston Technique is part of the curriculum at four colleges/universities and is actively engaged in research projects at Texas Back Institute, New York Chiropractic College and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. The company has five U.S. patents on the instruments and technique method. Michael I. Arnolt, TCR president, is a founder of the 11-year-old company.
http://www.grastontechnique.com/about.html
About the Graston Technique®
Changing the way soft tissue injuries are treated
The Graston Technique, originally developed by athletes, is changing the way clinicians — including athletic trainers, chiropractors, physical therapists, occupational therapists — and patients view treatment of acute and chronic soft tissue injuries.
The Graston Technique is an innovative, patented form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization that enables clinicians to effectively break down scar tissue and fascial restrictions. The Technique utilizes specially designed stainless steel instruments to specifically detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis or chronic inflammation.
The Graston Technique offers many advantages and benefits.
For the clinician:
Provides improved diagnostic treatment
Detects major and minor fibrotic changes
Reduces manual stress; provides hand and joint conservation
Increases patient satisfaction by achieving notably better outcomes
Expands business and revenue opportunities
For the patient:
Decreases overall time of treatment
Fosters faster rehabilitation/recovery
Reduces need for anti-inflammatory medication
Resolves chronic conditions thought to be permanent
For employer, third party payer and the healthcare industry:
Allows patients to remain on the job
Reduces the need for splints, braces and job-site modifications
Contributes to reduction of labor and healthcare costs, direct and indirect
Six stainless steel instruments form the cornerstone of Graston Technique
“The Graston Technique Instruments allow a deeper, more sensitive palpation and treatment of fibrotic restricted tissue.”
—Warren I. Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO
The curvilinear edge of the patented Graston Technique Instruments combines with their concave/convex shapes to mold the instruments to various contours of the body. This design allows for ease of treatment, minimal stress to the clinician’s hands, and maximum tissue penetration.
The Graston Technique Instruments, much like a tuning fork, resonate in the clinician’s hands allowing the clinician to isolate adhesions and restrictions, and treat them very precisely. Since the metal surface of the instruments does not compress as do the fat pads of the finger, deeper restrictions can be accessed and treated. When explaining the properties of the instruments, we often use the analogy of a stethoscope. Just as a stethoscope amplifies what the human ear can hear, so do the instruments increase significantly what the human hands can feel.
The Graston Technique and the GT Instruments are patented under U.S. Patent numbers 5,231,977; 5,366,437; 5,441,478; 5,707,346; 6,126,620.
Speaking for what it feels like on the receiving end, the Graston instruments also amplify the patient’s sensation of adhesions. When Ty was working on my calves I could definitely feel all the little “crunchies” in there as she was working them out.
So she had to get MidEvil then.
Did she happen to mention what was causing the “crunchies”? (e.g. nutrition, water balance)
Let us know.
It was just scar tissue from repeated inflammation of the lower legs caused by over-pronation.