What is Active Release Techniques, and for what kinds of injuries is it useful?
Active Release Techniques (ART) is a patented and advanced system of diagnosis and manual treatment for soft-tissue injuries. “Soft-tissue” refers primarily to muscle, tendon, fascia, and nerves. ART is specifically suited to treat cumulative and repetitive strains, postural strains, sports injuries and general “wear and tear”. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee sprains and strains, tendonopathies, shin splints, golfer’s and tennis elbow, ilio-tibial band friction syndrome, rotator cuff strains, piriformis syndromes, to name a few, are some of the conditions that can be resolved quickly, and often permanently, with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: that is, they often result from injury to over-used muscles.
