ASTYM treatment is a physical therapy treatment that
regenerates healthy soft tissues (muscles,
tendons, etc.), and eliminates or reduces unwanted scar tissue that
may be causing pain or movement restrictions.
ASTYM treatment is highly effective for restoring movement
and reducing pain from soft tissue injury/dysfunction,
and ASTYM even works when other approaches
routinely fail. One of the main reasons for
this is that ASTYM was designed to target the underlying cause of
many soft tissue...
ASTYM treatment routinely resolves chronic Achilles
tendinitis/tendonitis and Achilles tendon pain. Here an
experienced physical therapist talks about how a runner who had
suffered with chronic Achilles tendinitis for over 6 years finally
got cured with ASTYM treatment.
ASTYM is a highly effective Achilles tendonitis treatment because it was scientifically developed to actually regenerate soft tissues on a cellular level. It works fast (total treatments are usually completed in 6 weeks or...Read More »
ASTYM is a highly effective Achilles tendonitis treatment because it was scientifically developed to actually regenerate soft tissues on a cellular level. It works fast (total treatments are usually completed in 6 weeks or...Read More »
Meet
today's guest blogger:
Noel Tenoso, PT, DPT, OCS practices in the Portland, Oregon area and
owns 2 clinics, Advance Sports & Spine Therapy. He has
certifications in manual therapy and Mechanical Diagnostic Therapy
with the McKenzie Institute. Both clinics have met the criteria of
being certified McKenzie Clinics. He has been certified with ASTYM
since 2005.
Pain in the front of the knee is very common in many types of sports that are associated with quick stops, starts, changes in...
Read More »You need to first determine the underlying cause of your tendon pain. Is your tendonitis (also called tendinitis) caused by inflammation? If so, then it is the kind of tendinopathy that the healthcare system is best at resolving in short order. The traditional treatments for inflammatory tendonitis are rest (which can include bracing), ice, and anti-inflammatory medicines, such as ibuprofen. Once these treatments are applied, inflammatory tendonitis should resolve within 6 weeks.
If...
Read More »Few things are more frustrating than having chronic plantar
fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis (also spelled Achilles
tendinitis). Here is the story of one patient who suffered
from Achilles tendon pain and plantar fasciitis, and tried
multiple treatments before she finally got better with ASTYM
at KORT physical therapy:
As an Achilles tendonitis treatment, ASTYM improves 94.7% of Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis), or Achilles tendinopathy cases. ASTYM also resolves plantar fasciitis well, with...Read More »
As an Achilles tendonitis treatment, ASTYM improves 94.7% of Achilles tendinitis (tendonitis), or Achilles tendinopathy cases. ASTYM also resolves plantar fasciitis well, with...Read More »
Meet today's guest blogger:
Stephanie Penny, PT, DPT
Stephanie practices at Lakeshore Sports Physical Therapy
in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her Doctor of
Physical Therapy degree from Central Michigan University in 2008.
She has a special interest in sports medicine and vestibular
rehabilitation, has completed coursework in manual therapy, and is
a certified ASTYM® provider. Stephanie is an active member of the
American Physical Therapy Association.
Elite runners alternate between intensive...
Meet today's guest blogger:
Kristy Uddin, OTR/L, ASTYM Provider
Integrated Rehabilitation Group, Inc.
Locations throughout the greater Puget Sound, Washington area
Pacific Avenue Hand Therapy - (425)374-2846
Snohomish Physical Therapy - (360)568-7774
Two of the main tendons to the thumb pass through a tunnel (or series of pulleys) located on the thumb side of the wrist. Tendons are rope-like structures that attach muscle to bone. Tendons are covered by a slippery thin soft-tissue layer, called...Read More »
Because it’s probably tendinosis. Often, chronic tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis), which lasts more than 6 weeks is really tendinosis (also spelled tendonosis). The difference is that acute, short-term tendinitis is thought to be caused by inflammation, which is an active immune response of the body to a perceived threat. The acute, inflammatory tendonitis can be treated and usually resolved within several weeks by icing the area 3 to 4 times daily for 20-30 minutes, resting, and taking...
Read More »There is a significant difference between ASTYM treatment and instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) techniques, such as Graston®, Sastm and other tooled friction massage.
Although ASTYM treatment evolved from research on manual therapies, including friction massage, it is very different than friction massage, and its variation, tooled friction massage. Tooled friction massage is often referred to as instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization or IASTM, and is also referred to by...
Read More »ASTYM treatment is effective in resolving many soft tissue
problems, including chronic tendinopathies, tendon
pain, tendon injury, stiffness, restricted movement, limited
function and other conditions associated with adhesions or scar
tissue that can occur after trauma or surgical intervention. It is
also quite effective on sprains, strains, and other acute and
sub-acute soft tissue injuries.
ASTYM treatment often works even when other approaches fail. One of the main reasons for this is that...Read More »
ASTYM treatment often works even when other approaches fail. One of the main reasons for this is that...Read More »
Tendons are the tough tissue that connects your muscles to your
bones. Often, tendons become painful and limit
movement. For years, almost all conditions of painful tendons
were referred to as tendonitis. Tendonitis
(also spelled tendinitis) literally means that a tendon has
inflammation, so doctors usually treated
tendonitis by trying to reduce inflammation. This kind of
treatment had very little success. Today, research has now
shown us that chronic tendonitis only rarely has an element...
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