The Graston Technique
The Graston Technique® is an advanced form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilisation. First developed in the early 1990s by competitive water skier David Graston, who sustained a serious knee injury that failed to respond to surgery and typical therapies, it has quickly evolved for both the diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue pathology.
Each instrument is shaped and contoured to work on a specific body part. Thus, there is an instrument that is small enough to be used on the Achilles tendon, fingers, and carpal tunnel, and there are instruments specifically designed to treat larger body regions such as the back, upper shoulder and neck, hamstrings, quadriceps, and iliotibial band. Using the instruments, the clinician is better able to detect fibrotic tissue and can treat at greater depth and specificity than with his bare hands.