I use the Graston Technique every day I… I use the Graston Technique every day I am working in the clinic. I believe that the instruments we use matters very little compared to the philosophy of this system. It is more than simply grabbing an instrument using an instrument to mobilize the soft tissue, it's more the what, why and how. Once you can understand the concepts you can begin to apply them to your treatment plan. You can also understand when and where it is recommended to apply the treatments to get the most effective treatments with the time you have with your patients.

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.

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.

AWFUL COMPANY!! AWFUL COMPANY!!! They heist your information off the internet and start sending you emails that you never signed up for. When calling to find out how they got your email, you're greeted with a rude, smart alec, entitled phone rep who has zero respect for your time. Turn and run.

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 !