Active Release Technique

Active Release Technique (ART) is one of the most effective treatments available for treating soft tissue injuries. This hands-on, non-invasive method is designed to break up adhesions and scar tissue that typically result from repetitive stress, overuse, and trauma. ART is very specific to treating the exact muscles, ligaments, tendons, and fascia that are the source of pain and dysfunction in a majority of soft tissue injuries. When health is restored to these structures you are able to function optimally and in most cases, eliminate the associated pain.

ART provides effective treatment for:

• Arthritis	• Headaches	• Sciatica
• Achilles Tendonitis	• Hip Pain	• Shin Splints
• Ankle Injuries	• Knee Pain	• Shoulder Pain
• Back Pain/Injuries	• Leg Injuries	• Sports Injuries
• Bicipital Tendonitis	• Muscle Pulls or Strains	• Tendonitis
• Bunions	• Muscle Weakness	• Tennis Elbow
• Bursitis	• Myofascitis	• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	• Neck Pain	• Throwing Injuries
• Foot Pain/Injury	• Plantar Fascitis	• TMJ
• Frozen Shoulder	• Post Surgical	• Whiplash
• Gait Imbalances	• Scar Tissue	• Wrist Injuries
• Golfers/Tennis Elbow	• Repetitive Strain Injuries	• Iliotibial (IT) Band Syndrome
• Golf Injuries	• Rotator Cuff Syndrome
• Hand Injuries	• Running Injuries

Why Active Release is Different

Active Release is a highly successful approach to injuries of muscles, tendons, nerves, and the surrounding soft tissues. Active Release is not massage, physiotherapy, or chiropractic care. While those procedures relieve muscle and motion dysfunction, they do not necessarily address the underlying problems caused by scar tissue formation.

The three most common mechanisms of injury are:

1. Acute trauma
2. Constant pressure
3. Repetitive motion

All three are a part of the cumulative injury cycle. Soft tissue structures in the body change or adapt with time: these changes are predictable and can be felt by the doctor. Chronic or "older" injuries actually feel different from acute or recent ones. Active Release has proven to be especially valuable for athletes, from the professional to the beginner. Ninety percent of the time athletes with acute or long- standing muscular strain/sprain injuries experience complete recovery -- in a short period of time.

Performance Care

We now offer ART IronManPerformance Care and sport specific biomechanical videotape analysis.

Create a video of you doing the activity that you are having trouble with, or we can videotape you right at our office. We often videotape golf swings, tennis swings, or running but it is not limited to these. Then we play it back at our office frame by frame to see if there is normal motion in the hips, spine, upper or lower body. We then use ART technique to treat any abnormalities found on videotape and examination to restore normal biomechanics, to improve your performance.

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