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What is Scraping Therapy?
Our muscles are meant to be soft and supple, free of knots or trigger points, while maintaining their extensibility and elasticity. With daily use and repetitive stress, however, they can become problematic quickly. This occurs when the fibers of the muscle are injured, inflamed, spasmed, or chronically overused. Things like our daily posture and occupational demands, athletic history, and preferred modes of exercise can generate these patterns that lead to the development of tightness, limited range of motion, and pain.
Functioning as an extension of the clinician’s hands, scraping therapy uses specialized tools to treat both muscles and surrounding fascia. Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber, and muscle in place. In addition to providing internal support and structure, fascia contains nerves that make it nearly as sensitive as skin.
A Simple Tool
Here, Dr. Casey is demonstrating a technique to get deep into the low back musculature and fascia.
Spider Web
Between layers of muscle tissue, fascia can begin to stick together and form adhesions like those pictured above.
Use It Anywhere
Scraping techniques can be applied nearly anywhere in the body, including the extremities!
