The Gold Standard Soft Tissue Intervention with Active Release Technique

The Active release techniques, or ART, promote the combination of soft tissue techniques with complementing movement by the patient. It is designed to relieve the damage sustained to soft tissue by repetitive motion and overuse of muscles, but can be used as treatment for other similarly damaged soft tissue as well, like carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, tendinitis and temporomandibular joint disorder, just to name a few.

Who uses Active Release Technique?

People who are active in sports, not only professionals, but also people who use muscles and joints a lot, including the mailman and regular bicycle riders know about the problems that can arise in overly used muscles. Scar tissue and adhesions are very common ailments, more common than anybody would assume, because not only persons in professional sports, but many average people find themselves suffering from such soft tissue damage. While there were treatment methods available for such problems, many Professional League Athletes have been using Active Release Technique as a Primary Treatment of choice for years.

What are Soft Tissue Injuries and How is it caused?

2 types of Soft Tissue Injury: Direct Trauma or Indirect Trauma

Direct Trauma vs Indirect Trauma

Laceration/ Infection/ Collision Assault to ligaments/ tendons/ fascia/ muscles,

Sprains/ falling or being struck by an object usually through repetition (RSI)

See: Cumulative Injury Cycle (Repetitive Strain Injury)

Do I have a Soft Tissue Type Injury?

If you experience any of those listed below, there is a high probability that you may be experiencing a soft tissue injury:

What should I expect in the first session?

1. A straight forward condition will extend to about 30 minutes including

2. Thorough history taking

3. Biomechanics Assessment (if needed)

4. Muscle Testing

5. Orthopaedic Testing (if needed)

6. Neurological Testing (if needed)

7. Treatment (if there are no significant concerns otherwise known as “red flags”)

Please dress comfortably as A.R.T. works by applying of specific manual tension and pressure to and around the sites of scar tissue adhesions and muscles in order to restore normal gliding, sliding and extensibility of the affected soft tissues. Active (patient’s own) and passive (provider’s) movements are used during treatment.Therefore, it is likely to be a lively sort of treatment and not relaxing massage styles that will induce sleep.

How quickly will I recover?

(Active Release Technique + Exercise)

The better question to ask might be, “How safely and effectively would my recovery be?” Our aim is first to address the condition. Next, to address the kinematic chain (other parts that link to the part that hurts). With this in mind, we couple treatment management with ”exercise” (exercise is a generic term we are using for ReHab, PreHab, PostRehab, Strength and Conditioning, Corrective Movement Functions) and the patient’s “stickability” to the program. These methods generally provide significant positive measurable and effective outcomes for many of our clients.

Some Research on ART:

http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/4529/

To understand more about Active Release Technique, please go to:

www.activerelease.com call us: 9478 1810 or Book Online Now.

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The Spine and The Nervous System

Chiropractic Services

A little bit about Chiropractic

Chiropractic uses adjustments to speed up neuromuscular recovery. Our years of training is solely aimed at understanding the connections between the human body and the brain. To put it simply, the cerebrospinal (cerebro – brain), (spinal – spine) nervous system connects the brain and the spinal cord to the external world along with various senses. The Cerebrospinal Nervous Systems are made up of: 12 pairs of cranial nerves, its origin is in the encephalon (which is the area that audits all higher nervous functioning systems that sits in the brain and is protected by the skull). These nerves pass down to the base of the head, the neck and trunk. In the Spine, you would have 31 pairs of spinal nerves originating in the spinal cord, innervating the trunk, legs and arms.

Did you know that there are more than 37 causes of Back Pain and that Chiropractors are considered Primary Care Practitioners and are trained to treat or identify some of these conditions such as:

Different types of Headaches Different causes of Back Pain

Different causes of Neck Pain Different causes of Shoulder Pain

Different causes of Elbow & Wrist Pain Different causes of Knee & Ankle Pain

Some Conditions that we are trained to look out for but will most likely have to send you to an expert in their fields:

• Children Learning Difficulties (Our Neuropsychologists can assist in testing for

them)

• Neuropathologies

• Unexplained prolonged pains

• Others

Our main treatment methods include:

1. Assesments

2. Adjusments

3. Soft Tissue Work

4. Exercise and Lifestyle Guidance

Health Care Covers

We use HiCaps and accept most HealthCare Cover

Referral from General Practitioner or other Organisations

Enhanced Primary Care Services (EPC)

A Medicare rebate is available for a maximum of five (5) services per patient each calendar year.
(Note, however, that allied health providers may set their own fees)
Patients must have a GP Management Plan and Team Care Arrangements prepared by their GP, or be
Commonwealth-funded residents of an aged care facility who are managed under a multidisciplinary care
plan.
GP refers to allied health professional.
Allied health professionals will report back to the referring GP.

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