IASTM

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

our philosophy

Chiropractic is founded on the principle that true health comes from within, and can enhance your body’s natural ability to adapt, heal, and move.

IASTM helps ease headaches, back pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis and more.

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) helps problems that may be the result of surgery, immobilization, repeated strain, or other mechanisms. When scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that needs to move freely, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped.

IASTM has been shown to:

Decrease overall time of treatment
Facilitate faster rehabilitation/recovery
Reduce need for anti-inflammatory medication
Allow patients to engage in everyday activities

How IASTM Works

The tool is swept across the affected area breaking apart the adhesions. The introduction of controlled microtrauma to the affected soft tissue structure causes the stimulation of a local inflammatory response. Microtrauma initiates reabsorption of inappropriate fibrosis or excessive scar tissue and facilitates a cascade of healing activities resulting in remodeling (healing) of affected soft tissue structures. Adhesions within the soft tissue which may have developed as a result of surgery, immobilization, repeated strain or other mechanisms, are broken down allowing full functional restoration to occur.

Common conditions treated with IASTM include:

Plantar Fasciitis
Scars (Surgical, Traumatic)
Neck Pain
IT Band Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Heel Pain /Achilles Tendinitis
Tennis Elbow
Golfers Elbow
Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
Patellar Tendinitis
Tibialis Posterior Tendinitis
DeQuervain’s Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Imbalances
Trigger Finger