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Graston Technique
What is Graston Technique?
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.
Graston Technique is a instrument-assisted soft tissue technique that uses stainless steel instruments to address soft-tissue sources of dysfunction and pain.
How does it work?
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.
What is Graston Technique good for?
Graston Technique is good for treating injuries of a chronic and/or repetitive nature.
When muscles are tight and restricting range of motion for an extended time, the body adapts to that position and places scar tissue (also known as myofascial adhesions) within and around the muscle, causing further range of motion restriction.
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The Technique:
- Separates and breaks down collagen cross-links, and splays and stretches connective tissue and muscle fibers
- Increases skin temperature
- Facilitates reflex changes in the chronic muscle holding pattern
- Alters spinal reflex activity (facilitated segment)
- Increases the rate and amount of blood flow to and from the area
- Increases cellular activity in the region, including fibroblasts and mast cells
- Increases histamine response secondary to mast cell activity
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Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology tape can be used both to apply compression to promote recovery, or decompression to relieve pain and swelling. Similar to the Kinesiology tape in the Olympics and that Lance Armstrong wrote about in "Every Second Counts", such taping techniques are used by professional and amateur athletes everywhere.
ROCKTAPE is a performance enhancement tape and is designed for athletes that want a little edge in their game.
ROCKTAPE helps athletes manage fatigue by promoting better circulation.
All you have do is put ROCKTAPE on the areas on your body that need a little help and you can go longer and harder.
ROCKTAPE helps:
- Enhance performance
- Prevent fatigue
- Promote circulation
- Remove lactic acid
More information about ROCKTAPE click here.
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Injury Rehabilitation
The Science and Art of Chiropractic extend FAR beyond the stereotype of spinal care. The scope of practice for Doctors of Chiropractic include soft-tissue therapies, physiotherapies (such as ultrasound, TENS, LASER, etc.), clinical advice on nutrition, exercise, etc.
Also within our scope is including Physical Rehabilitation in our clinical management of your injury. The post-graduate training that The Clinic doctors have allow us to manage your injury (old or new), from the point when you limp-in to the point when you leap-out.
From pain to gain to sustain.
Having confidence is a relief knowing that your injury was not only addressed in a manner to remedy the pain but also in a manner where the injury is now stabile and stronger than it has been in years!
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Athletic Performance
Athletic Performance & Chiropractic Care
There is a growing body of research on the topic of Sports Chiropractic interventions and its affect on injury prevention and athletic performance promotion.
This research is being gathered and summarized at this time and will be offered at this site soon.
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