Musculoskeletal disorders are common conditions involving joints, muscles, nerves,
ligaments and tendons. These disorders affect normal activities and cause discomfort. These …

This short review provides an important perspective on soft tissue manipulation/mobilization
(STM) as a powerful and direct form of mechanotherapy, which has significant implications …

Context: Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM), tissue flossing, and
kinesiology taping are increasingly popular treatments among athletes for improving …

Background: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a muscle pain disorder characterized by
the presence of Myofascial Trigger Point (MTrP) within a taut band, local tenderness, referral …

About half the US adult population suffers from chronic neuromusculoskeletal pain. While its
evaluation and treatment are widely addressed by therapies using soft tissue manipulation …

Background: There are many treatment techniques for those with chronic low back pain
(CLBP), a common treatment is Myofascial release (MFR), which manually applies a direct …

The study focuses of cellulite, conducted among 30 healthy non-athletic women without
increased level of body fat, aged between 25-40. They were randomly divided in two groups …

Soft tissue manipulation is a widely used practice by manual therapists from a variety of
healthcare disciplines to evaluate and treat neuromusculoskeletal impairments using …

[Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effects of Ergon® instrument-assisted
softtissue mobilization of the upper and lower midpoints of the Deep Front Line (DFL) on hip …

Quantifiable soft tissue manipulation (QSTM) that can characterize the motion and forces
delivered during soft tissue examination and treatment of common musculoskeletal (MS) …