ASTYM System - Has Anyone Had This Type of Treatment?

By angmares June 29, 2009 - 8:12pm

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I just had my first ASTYM treatment and it was pretty intense and painful, has anyone else had this type of treatment? If so, did it work for you?
Thanks,
Ang

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warmsunnyday (reply to Anonymous)

Thanks for the report in June of 2009 about the knee pain and treatments with ASTYM. Are you completely healed now? Can you run now? (Did you become a corrections officer, and do you have to run as part of your job?)

I am in a very similar situation. Xrays are not giving conclusive evidence and other Phys. Therapists are not giving conclusive diagnosis or help. Thanks for posting!!

warmsunnyday
San Antonio

June 12, 2010 - 11:48am

Diane Porter

For those who don't know, ASTYM stands for 'Augmented Soft-Tissue Manipulation.' It is a procedure in which a clinician uses specific instruments to, in essence, deep-tissue-massage scar tissue beneath the skin. As those instruments are pushed and dragged against the skin, they encourage the body to start healing beneath the surface, the ASTYM website says.

In case you haven't visited its website, here's a link:

http://www.astym.com/professionals/

And here's an article that cites studies about the practice of using tools in massage (instead of just hands) and what the thinking is behind it:

http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=46222

I hope that if anyone has had this type of treatment, they'll weigh in and let us know how it worked for them.

July 1, 2009 - 10:10am

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Anonymous (reply to Diane Porter)

I just had my first ASTYM treatment for wrist tendinosis. I didn't think the pain was of the treatment was unbearable (especially compared to the pain I was already enduring for months), and at times it actually felt good. Even after one visit, I noticed improvement–I am able to straighten my pinky and ring fingers, and I am very anxious for my next visit.

April 1, 2014 - 8:02am