Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) Tool

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Use at your own risk! This is an Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) tool. Look up IASTM on YouTube for videos showing how to use IASTM tools effectively. I personally use this on myself, but be aware that a license is needed almost everywhere to perform an IASTM treatment and this is just a basic 3D printed part designed by a non-expert. Untrained people can really hurt themselves or others with this tool. That being said, I've found it to be effective for myself on my elbows and forearms especially, but maybe it was all dumb luck. The internet tells me that IASTM may give relief from a number of aches and pains by breaking up scar tissue / collagen-heavy fascia and increasing bloodflow to the treatment area. People on YouTube claim a one-time treatment improved their pain levels dramatically to near zero, many with aches that have lasted for years. It looks impressive. Please excuse the soapboxing that follows: I believe people should take their health into their own hands and challenge standard medical advice in a number of areas, but especially in nutrition and chronic pain management, where companies with a profit motive heavily influence it. They establish barriers to alternate treatment modalities and provide nutritional guidelines and pharmaceuticals that have caused more disease. Shout out to the World Carnivore Tribe Facebook group and authors like Dr. Robert Atkins, Dr. Shawn Baker, Dr. Ted Naiman, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, Dr. Steve Phinney, and Dr. Jeff Volek for starting me on my health improvement journey that started with dropping over 100 lb on a low-carb, (nearly) all-meat diet. I added another version named "iastm_v2". FreeCAD design file and STL geometry are included. This one has a smoother contour and a variety of convex and concave radii.