Car accidents are a common source of injury in North Carolina, and they’re all too common. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), there were more than 275,000 auto accidents reported in 2017. During an accident, your arm could be thrown into a hard surface in your car. This impact can lead to strained muscles and other issues, and these injuries can lead to arm pain after your car accident. Physical therapists in Jacksonville, North Carolina, can help treat your arm pain using a therapy method called IASTM.
What is IASTM?
IASTM stands for instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization, and this therapy technique can be used to treat your post-accident arm pain. The key to this technique is the stainless steel tools that the therapist uses to perform it. These tools are curved to fit various parts of the body. They allow therapists to manipulate soft tissue like muscles, skin and fascia that have been injured in a car accident.
How does IASTM help reduce your pain?
Using IASTM to treat arm pain after a car accident can benefit you in several ways. It can help increase the blood flow to the injured soft tissue that’s causing your pain. This is beneficial because it helps the injured tissue get more oxygen and nutrients, which can promote faster healing. When your injury heals faster, you’re likely to be in pain for a shorter time.
IASTM can also be used to break down areas of scar tissue in your arm that may be increasing your pain. Areas of scar tissue are called adhesions; they tend to build up in soft tissue that’s been injured, and adhesions make it harder for this tissue to move or stretch normally. It’s these difficulties that can cause adhesions to increase your pain. IASTM places pressure on adhesions, moving them in ways that can help break them down. By doing so, IASTM can help return the normal range of motion to soft tissue and decrease pain.
Don’t know where to go for IASTM therapy? Check out Peak Performance in Jacksonville, NC
If you’re dealing with arm pain after a car accident, Peak Performance has a clinic in Jacksonville that can help you treat it. To help you get started with your therapy, we offer free screenings. We can also build you a personalized treatment plan for your injury, and this plan may include IASTM and other therapy techniques such as:
Are you ready to take the next step to get our help with your car accident injury? Contact us today for more information or to schedule an initial appointment.
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