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417 EP047 – Acute and residual effects of IASTM and percussion massager on hamstring range of motion and patient satisfaction
Background Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) and percussion massagers are myofascial release techniques that have shown acute and residual effects for improving lower extremity ROM.
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Masseuse offers £90 treatment with steel bar but some bruised clients walk out
His instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilisation (IASTM) treatment sees him firmly press a surgical steel bar up and down his patients' bodies to "get deeper" into knots and scar tissue.
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'I hurt people with a metal bar and then charge them £90 for the pleasure'
Clients from as far as the UAE seek his hour-long instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilisation (IASTM) treatment, which he claims can "get deeper" into muscular knots and scar tissue. Rick ...