IASTM therapy in Murray.

For the scar tissue and adhesions that keep an old injury from moving right: precise tools that find the restriction and break it down, so the tissue can heal and glide again.

Scar tissue Old, stiff injuries Talk to a Specialist

What It Is

The tool finds what fingers miss.

When tissue heals after an injury or surgery, it doesn’t always heal smooth. Fibers can knit together into adhesions and scar tissue that snag, restrict, and keep the area from moving the way it should.

IASTM, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, uses specially designed tools that glide over the skin to find those restrictions. The edge picks up exactly where the tissue is bound, then works to break it down, sparking fresh blood flow and the body’s own repair process. It’s a close cousin of the Graston Technique.

The tool is guided by your cause-first evaluation, so we work the restriction that’s actually limiting you, not just the spot that’s sore. You’ve told yourself the old injury is just how your body is now. It doesn’t have to be. Adhesions respond, even years later.

Doctor of Physical Therapy performing IASTM on a patient's leg with a stainless tool Always optional, never sprung on you

What It Helps

Where IASTM shines.

If an old injury never moved right again, scar tissue and adhesions are often the reason. Left alone, that restriction pulls the surrounding tissue out of line, and the injury you thought had healed keeps flaring up.

A neck that stiffened after an old whiplash A shoulder that never freed up after surgery Scar tissue that tugs at every twist A hip that’s caught since the strain healed A knee that’s stiff around an old scar The injury that healed, but never quite right

What A Session Looks Like

Three steps, one visit.

1

The tool finds the restriction.

2

We break down the scar tissue.

3

We move it through fresh range, same visit.

Why It Works

Four reasons it earns a place in your plan.

Motion back in old, stiff tissue.

Restrictions your hands couldn’t find.

Healing restarted where it stalled.

Fits the plan you’re already on.

Pairs Well With

IASTM rarely works alone.

Physical Therapy IASTM frees the restriction. Your PT plan rebuilds strength through the new range. Manual Therapy Soft-tissue work keeps the surrounding muscle loose between IASTM sessions.

Questions, Answered

IASTM, no mystery.

You’ll feel the tool find the restricted spots, and those can be tender as it works, but it shouldn’t be sharp or unbearable. Most people feel looser right after. Your Doctor of Physical Therapy controls the pressure to match what your tissue is ready for, and it’s always optional.

They’re close cousins. Graston is one brand-name version of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, taught as a specific system with its own tools. IASTM is the broader technique. The goal is the same either way: find the adhesion or scar tissue and break it down so the area can heal and move freely again.

It depends on your plan, and coverage varies from one insurer to the next. We verify your exact benefits before your first session, so there’s no surprise on your bill. Questions before then? Call us at (385) 743-2757.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon, Tue & Thu: 8:00am-6:00pm, Wed: 2:00pm-5:00pm, Fri: 8:00am-1:00pm
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