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Modalities to Address Chronic Injuries – Scraping, Cupping and Taping

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I recently attended a massage class called "A Multi Modality Approach to Sports Injuries and Pain Management".  It was an great class, that has encouraged me to increase my use of modalities already familiar to me.  Specifically the use of scraping, cupping and Kinesio taping with overuse injuries. Scraping  Scraping is my term. It is basically the use of instruments to break down fascial restrictions and scar tissue. There are several brands of these sorts of tools: Graston, SASTM and Gua Sha. All 3 companies (there may be others) provide tools that one moves over an area to rid it of scar...