Myofascial Therapy / Graston Technique in Los Gatos, CA

Graston Technique utilizes instruments that enable the treatment of scar tissue and fascial restrictions. This allows for faster rehabilitation and improving range of motion, elimintating pain, and restoring normal function.

Graston technique was originally developed for athletes but now is an interdisciplinary treatment used by more than 9,000 doctors worldwide. Graston technique is used at over 850 outpatient facilities and by more than 160 professional sports organizations, including Cirque Du Soleil, Disneyland Entertainment, the US Naval Special Warfare Group, the PGA Tour, and the New York Giants.

At Positive Motion Chiropractic in Los Gatos we are trained in Graston Technique and has been using the Graston Technique to get patients feeling better since 2007. Graston Technique enables us to help patients get lasting relief from injuries they have had for years.

When we gently break up the scar tissue and adhesions around an injured area we can normalize motion and stop the pain cycle. Graston Technique is one of the most exciting tools we use in our clinic on a daily basis. The following are some of the most common conditions we treat using Graston Technique:

The benefits derived from adjusting the joints of the spine are equally shared by gently adjusting the bones of the upper and lower extremities. Indeed, fifty percent of the bones of the body are found in the arms and legs and fixations in joint motion can cause pain in our shoulder, elbow, wrist, hips, knees, and ankle/feet.

Many chiropractors don’t work on extremities, isolating their treatment to the spine only. As sports chiropractors, we have advanced training in extremity diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. Indeed, about fifty percent of the injuries that we treat at Positive Motion Chiropractic are in the extremities. Conditions such as sprained ankles, shoulder pain, tennis and golfer’s elbow, and knee pain.

The 650 muscles in your body work to stabilize your joints and to allow you to move. We utilize Applied Kinesiology (AK) at Positive Motion Chiropractic in Los Gatos to assess which of your muscles are inhibited, or “weak”, and therefore not stabilizing your joints properly.

Muscles work in teams and the antagonist muscles to your “weak” muscles are usually tight and in spasm. It is the tight muscles that the patient and most health care providers (MD, PT, massage therapists) pay attention to – indeed it is the one that usually is begging for attention. But the tight muscle is many times not the problem and that is why massages, muscle relaxers, injections, and the hot tub only provide temporary relief.

Through Applied Kinesiology we determine which of your muscles are inhibited and through gentle muscle work get then turned back on. The results are dramatic and pain and/or limitations a patient has suffered with for months or years many times is gone in a single visit. We could not have developed the reputation we have as problem solvers without our use of muscle testing and Applied Kinesiology.

Our understanding of tissue dynamics – how the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia of our bodies work – has evolved rapidly over the last decade. That knowledge is empowering for those who have learned and put it into practice.

At Positive Motion Chiropractic in Los Gatos, we wants to empower our patients to keep playing hard for decades to come. As part of that mission we teach our patients how they can most effectively work out the trigger points in their muscles. This leads to better posture, less pain, more flexibility, and improved energy. Sounds great, huh? The best part, you can learn some easy techniques and with a couple simple tools, you can get these benefits at home.