Active Release Technique

This technique was developed by a Chiropractor Dr Michael Leahy, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Essentially, ART is a hands-on soft-tissue technique that can simultaneously locate and break up scar tissue. The power of ART lies in how it combines patient motion with practitioner techniques to release the adhesion's between tissue layers. This process

* restores mobility and relative motion to the soft tissue layers

*increases circulatory function, and

* increases neurological function by breaking restrictive adhesion's.

Effectiveness of Active Release Techniques

There are people who say they are ART certified but are not. So, take the time to check out the certification levels of your ART doctor. ART offers many courses:

• Upper extremity
• Lower extremity
• Spine
• Long nerve entrapment's
• Biomechanics
• Master classes
  

Great book I recommend is "Release Your Pain" by Dr Abelson, DC. Would recommend this!