Pat Randall of South Dakota had large amounts of trouble and pain from walking even short distances. Then she worked with someone who holds a physical therapy job and eight weeks later she became pain free, according to a published report.
Physical therapist Cathy Sulentic-Morcom deployed a physical therapy technique that prompts the body to move forward with healing by disrupting regions of inflammation that serve as obstructions to getting better, The Rapid City Journal reports. Randall initially had her doubts about the prospects for success when partaking in physical therapy, yet that skepticism quickly was put to rest.
"I'd had it for eight years. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is not going to work.' But it did," Randall told the news source. "My pain totally went away. Whatever she does with those tools works fabulous."
ASTYM, as the process is called, uses handheld tools to specify and massage particular masses of soft tissue that are damaged.
The innovative procedure is non-invasive and it works quickly and with consistency to rejuvenate muscles, tendons and ligaments, according to the treatment's website.