and instrument assisted soft tissue manipulation.

Guasha is specifically from traditional Chinese medicine using smooth natural earth stones with healing properties such as jade. There are similar devices today made with surgical steel which looks more like western medical. With a smooth brisk gentle gliding or scraping movement it does not take much to go past the skin brushing over adhesions and moving lymph fluid. Good for sensitive aggravated joints and trigger points for getting past the inflammation gently to the adhesions.