Active Release Techniques (ART®) is a type of manual hands-on therapy that corrects muscular and
soft tissue problems. Soft tissues are muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments and the connective
tissue that
surrounds or contains them.
The ART® method is based on scientific evidence, that muscles, nerves, blood vessels and connective
tissue develop adhesions within, around and between them after acute, repetitive injuries and chronic
irritations.
Adhesions cause the motion of muscles and joints to be altered and the compression of nerves,
resulting in a wide variety of symptoms that characterize the cumulative injury cycle and reduction in
biomechanical performance.
Developed to correct the cumulative injury cycle, the goal of Active Release is to:
• Restore free and unimpeded motion of all soft tissues
• Release entrapped nerves, vasculature and lymphatics
• Re-establish optimal tissue texture and function of soft tissues
