Graston

About the Graston Technique®

Changingthe way soft tissue injuries are treated

Graston Technique® is an interdisciplinary treatment used by more than 3000 clinicians—including athletic trainers, chiropractors, hand therapists, occupational and physical therapists.

GT is utilized at some 450 out-patient facilities and industrial on-sites, by more than 60 professional and amateur sports organizations, and is part of the curriculum at15 respected colleges and universities.

Graston Technique is an advanced form of myofascial release or soft tissue mobilization.  The procedure is instrument assisted and isused to detect and release fibrous restrictions that produce pain, weakness,and functional limitation for the patient The technique uses stainless steel instruments that are designed to beapplied to varying anatomical parts of the body to precisely examine and treat a variety of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions.

TheGraston Technique® Instruments, much like a tuning fork, resonate in the clinician's hands allowing the clinician to isolate adhesions and restrictions,and treat them very precisely. Since the metal surface of the instruments does not compress as do the fat pads of the finger, deeper restrictions can be accessed and treated. When explaining the properties of the instruments, we often use the analogy of a stethoscope. Just as a stethoscope amplifies what the human ear can hear, so do the instruments increase significantly what the human hands can feel.

Goals for the patient:

¨       Decreases overall time of treatment.

¨       Fosters faster rehabilitation/recovery.

¨       Reduces need for anti-inflammatory medication.

¨       Resolves chronic conditions thought to be permanent.

¨       Allowed to continue engaging in everyday activities w/treatment.

Some conditions that respond well to Graston Technique include:

Medial/lateral epicondylitis/osis.                      Carpal tunnel sydrome.

Plantar fascitis                                                 Patellar tendinitis/osis.                                              Dequervain’sSyndrome                                     Acute/chronic sprain/strains

IT Band Syndrome                                         Achilles tendinitis/osis

Neck and back pain                                        Rotator Cuff tendinitis/osis

Myofascial pain and restrictions.                    Non acute bursitis.

Reduced range of motion due to scar tissue ie: frozen shoulder. 

Dr. Shawnie Lamborn

1605 S. Eucalyptus#100

86th and Garnett

Broken Arrow, OK  74012

918.249.1535

Benefits of Hyaluronic Acid

Sources of Hyaluronic acid:
Foods high in retinol, a component of vitamin A, will contain high amounts of hyaluronic acid, such as heart, liver, gizzards and
Egg shell membrane.
"starchy root vegetables"--  sweet potato; a sticky white potato; konyaku, a gelatinous root vegetable concoction; and imoji, a potato root. The doctor believes "these locally grown starches help stimulate the body’s natural creation of a substance called hyaluronic acid, or (HA), which aging bodies typically lose. This may ward off the aging process by helping the cells of the body thrive and retain moisture, keeping joints lubricated, protecting the retina in eyes and keeping skin smooth and elastic.

Another source of hyaluronic acid I can think of would be to eat animal parts which are known to contain a lot of hyaluronic acid.  Make a broth for soup from boiled animal parts that contain a lot of skin, tendons and joints.

Be strong live long,
drshawnie.com
918.249.1

Light effects our sleep and our skin

Using Light For Better Skin?

There is a body of evidence that light in the red spectrum triggers collagen synthesis. More collagen in the skin means less wrinkles and healthier skin. Since red light also has no blue spectrum, I use red light at night when it’s convenient. It’s surprisingly simple to install a $25 remote controlled stick-on color LED lighting strip over your bed. Better still, red light triggers the cellular power plants called mitochondria to work better through something called the mitochondrial transport chain. When your cellular energy is higher, you sleep better and you have more energy during the day.

Those twirly shaped bulbs emit blue light and blue light disrupts sleep. Wanna sleep better? Then Turn off the blue twirly lights for an hour before bedtime.