Anyone have experience firsthand with ASTYM therapy
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Hey all, |
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Here are some links to people commenting on Astym therapy on elbow conditions: |
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yoga style push-ups with arms next to body and knees on floor. yoga 'dolphin' pose and push-ups. |
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I'm not sure what treatment modalities are included under your PT heading but if you've tried all of those things with little to no effect, then chances are ASTYM isn't going to be of much help. |
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Brent Apgar wrote:I'm not sure what treatment modalities are included under your PT heading but if you've tried all of those things with little to no effect, then chances are ASTYM isn't going to be of much help. I've used Graston on patients for 5+ years now. It's another flavor of instrument assisted myofascial release. But these modalities are meant to be used on myofascial problems like tendonosis, enthesopathy, and plain old traumatized soft tissues. Point of that is: sounds like your treatments have primarily been focused on the myofascial tissues. If it's not responding then it may be a chronic pain/neurological glitch from a previous insult to the area. I'm not sure where you're located but you could check around and see if there's a local clinician that uses Functional Dry Needling. It uses acupuncture needles, but is most definitely not acupuncture. The treatment technique and goals are very different. Good luck and hopefully you find an answer.Is functional Dry Needling not a myofascial tissue therapy? |
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I'm a PT with 24 years in practice. I've treated dozens of climbers using ASTYM and Trigger Point Dry Needling. Works very well for elbow problems. Much better than the traditional methods of NSAIDS, ice, cross fiber massage, ulrasound, estim etc... |
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Jeff, that's great to hear. I have had 1 session of ASTYM so far. Can't tell yet if it is going to work or not. Hopefully after session 3 or 4 I will start to feel a difference. |
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I have now undergone 3 sessions and I have not noticed any improvement. |
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protocol is 6-9 sessions. Trigger point dry needling is an excellent way to augment the treatment. Should also be doing eccentrics. |