Graston is the best Graston is the best! I hope you guys will email us with new techniques/ videos to watch to keep us updated.

It depends.... It depends.... I have been through Level 1 and 2, currently "GTS". I honestly think it depends on your patient population. For your younger and more athletic populations I find it to be an effective treatment intervention. For more chronic "layered" dysfunction, chronic pain/hypersensitivity, and older de-conditioned populations do not seem to respond as well to it. I know the instructors would disagree, but like most other instructors for con-ed courses I have taken over the years, they are in Private Practice and/or in a franchised clinics that mostly treats athletes and/or more active, healthy individuals. Working for a hospital system where you see many unhealthy, deconditioned individuals, I feel that Graston is not as effective. I am still glad I have been through the training, am certified, and have the intervention in my assessment/treatment tool-box for appropriate patients.

I should have gotten up and smacked my… I should have gotten up and smacked my chiropractor. I was scraped on my back upper neck area. I was bruised, red, and 6 months later, my skin is still tingling, and I only did this crap ONE time. I was told, "wow" you did great, better than my big male patient who puts a leather belt in his mouth to bite, while he does it. OMG, I felt like I had been drug down a concrete road, and will NEVER DO THIS AGAIN, it was HELL for me. I really want to go back, and scrape the chiropractor, and let him see just how hard he scraped. My skin is so sensitive now, 6 months later, that I cannot still stand to touch it in some places. Worse than severe sunburn !

Technique I use daily and see some of… Technique I use daily and see some of the best results w/ my athletes. The quality of the training and application is one of the best courses I have taken as an Athletic Trainer.

I have added this to my repoitre for… I have added this to my repoitre for physical therapy and it has helped to facilitate patient outcomes.