Typical treatment process

• Patient is evaluated by an ASTYM System-certified clinician for appropriateness*
• If appropriate, the patient is seen twice a week for the ASTYM System, stretching and exercise
• Patients are responsible for maintaining a home stretching program
• As the soft tissue changes, pain decreases and function increases
• Use of braces/splints is minimized
• Activity is encouraged
• Treatment lasts 6-12 sessions
• Patient is discharged from treatment with improved function, decreased pain the knowledge of how to manage the physical stresses incurred with activity

          *Physician referral may be required.

What's different about the ASTYM System?

• It is supported by scientific research and outcomes
• It demonstrates success when other approaches have failed
• It has high patient compliance
• It often enables workers to stay on their job and athletes to stay in their sport
• It often decreases the need for surgical intervention
• It provides maximum results with a minimum number of treatments through an emphasis on re-establishing function 

Diagnoses that respond well to the ASTYM System

Patients who are experiencing pain, loss of motion and/or loss of function following surgery, injury, cumulative trauma disorders and chronic irritation/tendinitis oftern befefit from the ASTYM system. Some of the clinical diagnoses which have responded well to this treatment are:

Trigger Finger Carpal tunnel syndrome Lateral epicondylitis Medial epicondylitis DeQuervian's tenosynovitis Wrist sprains Shoulder pain Platar fasciitis Chronic ankle sprians Achilles tendinitis

Shin splints Patellar tendinitis Hamstring strains IT band syndrome Post-surgical scarring Post-surgical fibrosis Hip pain/trochanteric buritis SI and low back pain Most forms of chronic tendinopathies Soft tissue changes associated with degenerative arthritis

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