Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements. The ART® provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves.

What is an Active Release Techniques (ART®) treatment like?Įvery ART® session is actually a combination of examination and treatment.

Headaches, Neck Pain, Shoulder/Rotator Cuff Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Golfer's Elbow, Tennis Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Radial Tunnel Syndrome, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Mid and Lower Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis, Meralgia Paresthetica, FemoroAcetabular Impingement, Labrum (shoulder and hip), Knee Pain (ligament and meniscus), Patellofemoral Pain, Osgood Schlatter's, Shin Splints, Achilles Tendinitis/Tendinosis, Plantar Fasciitis/Fasciosis, Metatarsalgia/Foot Pain, Sever's, among other conditions. ART® has treated and transformed the lives of over 100 million people worldwide.Ĭonditions Treated with Active Release Techniques Since then, the method has been patented and over 10,000 ART® providers have been trained. Leahy quickly began formalizing a training method for ART®. The room they reserved for the event overflowed with doctors interested in learning this new technique, and afterward Dr. Leahy's chiropractor colleagues convinced him to hold a seminar to teach his method of treatment. As he watched athletes perform, and studied their movement he realized he could combine what he knew about engineering with his chiropractic knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics to treat their soft tissue disorders quickly and get them back in their competition. Leahy studied engineering in the Air Force before becoming a chiropractor in 1984. Leahy was working with elite athletes as a way to treat soft tissue disorders so they could get back to peak performance as quickly as possible.ĭr. Michael Leahy started Active Release Techniques® over 30 years ago.

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