What is Active Release Techniques (ART)?

[altareggo]

Interesting... but NOT very informative. Most certainly doesn't answer the ungrammatical question "What is active release techniques?".

[hmelens]

He OR SHE please ..

[shiftyno187]

@hmelens Well said! I was going to post the same!

[nlcatter]

since most chiropractors hype their abilities, be skeptical of any so called treatment .

[tommypooler]

To become a 'certified ART provider', must you be a qualified physical therapist or sports therapist before enterance to the course is granted? Or is there no professional background required?

[wonderfultiger]

there are patients that do not get better by ART. THats the fact.

if you think what you are doing is the best for patients, why some patients come back with the same problems over and over again for your treatment.

Ignorant(that your treatment is not fixing causes) is sin itself.

[jodiroxx]

@wonderfultiger There are ALSO patients that do not get better by MD's either.  Nothing works for everyone.... duh. Oh and to answer your question... Patients come back again and again because you CAN'T undo years of bad posture/stiff muscles/repetitive stress injurys in just a one hour session AND because they absolutely love the way it feels for THEM.

[wonderfultiger]

your comment that fascia does not respond to anything

you really need to understand how fascia responds to constant stimuli

soft tissue technique such as Rolfing works slowly to release tensions in fascia.

Emotional stress(such as trauma) can also cause tensions in fascia.

Post injury, body does not think that healing has done, so body is afraid of letting muscles extends all the ways. in that case, you can not just do ART and expect results. you will see temporary results in your patients

[TachoSJ]

who came up with the idea to call Pin and Stretch ART?????? Agree with the previous poster, good massage therapists and physical therapists already do this.....

[kimberlyn55]

I agree with the comment below...WHAT A SALES GIMMICK.....physical therapist and massage therapist have been doing this for years!!!!

Please stop shaming people!!!!

[biglanksdaddy]

laughable... obviously someone isn't familiar with the scope of physical therapy or really is trying to sham some people out of money. Pretty funny to watch

[wonderfultiger]

ART does work.... but.......

Active Release Technique is for kindergarten practitioners. it does not treat fascia optimally. Fascia does not responds to SHORT and Length approach in 4-10 sec....

Research has shown that fascia needs more than 2min of mechanical stress to change it state. if you are an ADULT,then you need ADVANCED WAY of treating fascia.

Functional Range Release is so far the best evidenced based model of treating fascia.

[petetang1985]

@wonderfultiger whats the difference, im seeing a physio tommorow for some ART work done on my traps.

He fixed my wrist problem it was painful in the wrist because of muscles in the forearms, now a week later i have full ROM of my wrist andno pain. hoping he can fix the trap pain ive lived with for about 10 years

[wonderfultiger]

@petetang1985

@petetang1985

i am a full body certified ART providers

getting rid of symptoms by one technique does not mean that technique is superior to any other technique

what we need to think about is what is the best method to get rid of scar tissue. ART claims to treat scar tissue in muscles and

research has shown that scar tissue formed within FASCIA and fascia responds to mechanical force over 2 min length. ART lengthens fascia for 3-6 secs.....

[WingThaiJ]

@wonderfultiger Forms within fascia for everyone? Can you please provide me with a reference for the study. This is the thing; I'm getting ready to take a course because I like to have a number of tools to choose from; however, as I watch the videos I see that while he's claiming to be treating muscles, his techniques are moving and causing pressure to other structures. For example, when he treats intertransversarii, he's actually causing a thoracic facet glide; same for the other procedures.

[RhineJoe]

ART is one component of a larger picture. Inhibition, Lengthening, Activation and Integration. These four stages are paramount to the Corrective Exercise Continuum. Self myofascial release and PIR and also components of a patients health, as well as active rehabilitation. ART is a tool in the doctor's belt. Much like a hammer, it can be used 100% efficiently or 0% depending on its application.

[WingThaiJ]

@wonderfultiger Fascia doesn't respond to anything; surgeons have to cut it with a knife and it's not pain sensitive as Kuslich's study's show. If you apply a technique and it helps, I guess that's all that matters regardless of the real mechanism of benefit.

[wonderfultiger]

@WingThaiJ

you need to do you homework before opening mouth

[WingThaiJ]

@wonderfultiger Homework on what, ART for Functional release? I was speaking about ART where he performs a treatment on the intertransversarii and the underlying joints have no choice but to be affected. The same with many soft tissue techniques targeting muscles; there are joints they lay underneath and they don't just get out of the way of forces imparted.

[stellasdaddyful]

How does one "patent" a technique involving a hands-on healing application? To prevent people from delivering a fraudulent version of ART? To ensure that people treated with ART are receiving Dr. Leahy's originally developed method? I'm not so sure. I mean, no one dentist has a patent on tooth removal. I can appreciate Dr. Leahy wanting to protect his discovery, but I get the feeling he is in it more to line his wallet than to service the community. Which is okay, but he should at least say so.

[turtledomination]

type in "Scaring my dad so bad!!" its actually hilarious i just found it

[SGWeightlifting]

I am a weightlifter and have accummulated injuries and scar tissue from my training. ART is great and effective for tearing off the scar adhesions.

However, the quality of the results also depend on the skills and experience of the practitioner.

[bkdmd]

how does a soft tissue manipulation break up soft tissue scaring?

It looks to me like you would need a laser or something like that do actually do that.

Does anyone have any positive experiences with ART?

[muacertification]

@arthurtiarajnnr 100,000 Americans Die Each Year from Prescription Drugs, While Pharma Companies Get Rich

Prescription drugs taken as directed kill 100,000 Americans a year. That's one person every five minutes.

But the study looked only at deaths where our present medical system wouldn't fault anyone.

The industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars on physicians every year. In one survey, 9 out of 10 doctors said they had recently taken something of value from the drug industry.

[phey120]

Can this be useful for instability in the shoulders? What about if there is a SLAP tear in the joint?

[beeandkeg]

@phey120 I had a great experience with ART on a SLAP tear on my shoulder. After a surgery (done at HSS in NYC) didn't heal well, I went to Doctor Lombardi (Anthony), based in Hamilton Ontario (@hamback) and had a very quick and long term heal. I am still playing rigourous tennis some 6 years later... Highly recommend it.

[stellasdaddyful]

@beeandkeg Sorry to hear about your Supply Logistics Analysis Program tear. What's wrong with people, are they too frightened to try spelling words like Superior, Anterior, Posterior, or have they just become plain lazy? I fear it is the latter, or probably a bit of both.

[namaste3753]

He or She!