What is Active Release Techniques (ART)?

ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

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[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.

[shiftyno187]

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

[hmelens]

He OR SHE please ..

[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.

[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

[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.

[wonderfultiger]

@WingThaiJ

you need to do you homework before opening mouth

[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.