Cruising for a Bruising

ASTYM is so much fun.  I have bruises all up and down my right arm.  All I can say is that this had BETTER work!  Hopefully, these bruises will heal before I go in for another round on Thursday morning.

An interesting thing about ASTYM is that it evolved partly from the Samurai.  A slow Samurai might get hit with a club or a mace and would have deep bruising and possible tissue damage.  The samurai would scrape the damaged tissue with tools made of bone.

Another interesting thing...  When the therapist uses his tools correctly, it's supposed to have a piezoelectric effect that is supposed to further stimulate healing and blood flow.

I don't know how much I believe all of that.  But I DO know that it hurts, but that surgery would hurt more.