Welcome to episode 40 of The Optimal Body Podcast
IASTM – Do the hard tools clinicians use break up fascia? The truth about scraping.
Want to understand why IASTM, or soft tissue work using a tool, feels so good and is SO common? Join Dr. Jen and Dr. Dom as they explain some of the tools commonly used in IASTM and what they are really meant to do. Listen in to be empowered with the right questions to ask your clinician so you can better understand what is happening within your body during massage or tissue work. If you love hands on treatment from your clinician, great! This podcast will help you understand what you can add into your soft tissue work routine to achieve tissue recovery long term. Dr. Jen and Dr. Dom wants you to have the power to incorporate what feels great to you in a healthy, sustainable, and up to date way.
What You Will Learn in this PT Pearl:
00:39 – Why it’s empowering to ask questions to your clinician
02:35 – What IASTM, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization, means and tool examples
06:49 – Popular sayings associated with IASTM which might not necessarily be true and why
07:25 – What the terms tendon repair and fibroblast really mean in relation to IASTM
12:24 – What soft tissue work really does
15:15 – Why understanding why your body has tension is a step closer to a long term solution
18:28 – Why IASTM needs to be coupled with movement
19:20 – What the goal of IASTM is and what does not achieve that goal
To Watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/kaGXux-W3Gg
Research Citations:
Gehlsen, G. M., Ganion, L. R., & Helfst, R. (1999). Fibroblast responses to variation in soft tissue mobilization pressure. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 31(4), 531-535. doi:10.1097/00005768-199904000-00006
Hussey, M. J., Boron-Magulick, A. E., Mcleod, T. C., & Bacon, C. E. (2018). The Comparison of Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Self-Stretch Measures to Increase Shoulder Range of Motion in Overhead Athletes: A Critically Appraised Topic. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 27(4), 385-389. doi:10.1123/jsr.2016-0213
Ikeda, N., Otsuka, S., Kawanishi, Y., & Kawakami, Y. (2020). Effects of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Musculoskeletal Properties—Corrigendum. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 52(2), 524. doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000002230
Seffrin, C. B., Cattano, N. M., Reed, M. A., & Gardiner-Shires, A. M. (2019). Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization: A Systematic Review and Effect-Size Analysis. Journal of Athletic Training, 54(7), 808-821. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-481-17
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Written by Kylee Flores
