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About ART:
Active Release Technique (or ART) is a highly specialized technique considered the "Gold Standard in Soft Tissue Rehabilitation". ART has a medical patent, is trademarked, and copyrighted. Specialists in this field must complete multiple prerequisite courses for preliminary training prior to being candidates to complete this specialization. There are over 300 protocols to treat the body, allowing for significant specificity to each area, joint, or tissue treated. This specificity allows the targeting of the pain generator in the body and the direct treatment of the source to typically allow a full patient recovery. |
Explanation:
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Each muscle in the body is like a long rubber band--as tension is
applied (shortening the band) a joint is flexed and moves in the
direction of the shortened muscle. Sometimes, through aberrant motions,
surgery, or repetitive stress to a joint or tissue, scar tissue or
adhesions can form. These can lead to improper movement of the muscle fibers. When
aberrant motion occurs, many symptoms can begin -- muscle pain,
tendonitis, ligament problems, joint issues, or radiating pain can
result.
ART is a highly-specialized process that allows the physician to locate the pain source and treat specific adhesions within the area, allowing the structure's return to normal movement and tissue length and therefore its proper motion, eliminating the previously accompanying symptoms. |
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Patients often report being able to "move their shoulder" (or effected joint) for the first time in years along with a feeling of immediate increased freedom within the joint. In addition, many painful surgeries have been avoided by the use of ART on the effected joint.
ART also incorporates Neuromuscular Reeducation (a process where the brain is trained to properly perceive new muscle movement potential when performing actions)--Neuromuscular Reeducation is key in preventing re-injury of an area. It refines the channel between the brain and the effected area to alert the brain accurately as to where the body is in space (proprioception).
This process allows proper, protected motion by the body of the area being treated. When there is a lack coordination or awareness of the body's position in space, it can result in injury. An inversion ankle sprain is a common example of the body's failure to note its correct position in space relative to the surface being used to support the impact. Neuromuscular Reeducation encourages a healthy understanding by the brain of the body's position in space, ultimately speeding recovery time as well as avoiding future injury to the area.
ART also incorporates Neuromuscular Reeducation (a process where the brain is trained to properly perceive new muscle movement potential when performing actions)--Neuromuscular Reeducation is key in preventing re-injury of an area. It refines the channel between the brain and the effected area to alert the brain accurately as to where the body is in space (proprioception).
This process allows proper, protected motion by the body of the area being treated. When there is a lack coordination or awareness of the body's position in space, it can result in injury. An inversion ankle sprain is a common example of the body's failure to note its correct position in space relative to the surface being used to support the impact. Neuromuscular Reeducation encourages a healthy understanding by the brain of the body's position in space, ultimately speeding recovery time as well as avoiding future injury to the area.
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