What is Active Release Technique (ART)?

By Dr. Ter­resa Hwang, 2011 Kona Iron­man Cham­pi­onship treat­ment team, cer­ti­fied ART provider, Choice Chi­ro­prac­tic

ARTART ® is a soft tis­sue man­age­ment sys­tem devel­oped by P. Michael Leahy, D.C., CCSP. Dr. Leahy is a chi­ro­prac­tor in Col­orado Springs, Col­orado. He uti­lized his back­ground in aero­nau­ti­cal engi­neer­ing and anatomy to effec­tively treat soft tis­sue prob­lems, which were not respond­ing to other tra­di­tional treatments.

The goal of ART® is to restore opti­mal tex­ture, motion, and func­tion of the soft tis­sue and release any entrapped nerves or blood ves­sels. This is accom­plished through the removal of adhe­sions or fibro­sis in the soft tis­sues via the appli­ca­tion of spe­cific pro­to­cols. Adhe­sions can occur as a result of acute injury, repet­i­tive motion, and con­stant pres­sure or ten­sion. ART® elim­i­nates the pain and dys­func­tion asso­ci­ated with these adhesions.

Dr. Leahy first began teach­ing his inno­v­a­tive tech­nique in 1991 using the name myofas­cial release. Later in 1995, he trade­marked the name Active Release Tech­niques® . This was done for sev­eral reasons —

  1. this tech­nique was deal­ing with more than just mus­cle and fascia;
  2. there are many other tech­niques which uti­lize the name myofas­cial release and many prac­ti­tion­ers that uti­lize myofas­cial release tech­niques which are not sim­i­lar in any way or form to ART®
  3. to stan­dard­ize the treat­ment a patient receives and dupli­cate the high rate of suc­cess achieved with ART® , a pro­fi­ciency level was devel­oped for ART® providers.

The types of con­di­tions suc­cess­fully treated with ART® is very diverse. Some of the more com­mon con­di­tions are:

  • Carpal tun­nel and other periph­eral nerve entrapments
  • Spinal pain and dysfunction
  • Ten­donitis and other soft tis­sue inflam­ma­tory dis­or­ders of the hand, wrist, elbow, shoul­der, hip, knee, ankle, and foot
  • Sci­at­ica, TMJ, recur­rent sprains and strains

Only a cre­den­tialed ART® provider can ascer­tain whether ART® might prove ben­e­fi­cial for your con­di­tion. Providers must attend annual update sem­i­nars to main­tain their cre­den­tialed sta­tus and keep cur­rent of any new pro­to­cols and research. To ver­ify a provider’s cre­den­tials, refer to the providers list at www​.activere​lease​.com.

All BC4C par­tic­i­pants receive a 10% dis­count on ART® treat­ments by Dr. Hwang.

Here is a video of some typ­i­cal ART® treatment:

ARTICLE REFERENCE: www​.activere​leasetech​nique​.com

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