Get Rid of that Neck, Shoulder, Back and Hip Pain with Active Release Technique (ART)

Get Rid of that Neck, Shoulder, Back and Hip Pain with Active Release Technique (ART).



ART is a soft tissue movement/massage technique that can help treat overuse problems of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves.



Overused muscles can cause micro tears of the soft tissue and the buildup of scar tissue. As time passes, this scar tissue becomes quite hard and dense. This scar tissue presses down on soft tissue and nerves, restricting movement and occluding the flow of nutritious oxygenated blood to that particular spot and the surrounding tissue. The result? Pain….lots and lots of pain; sometimes coupled by numbness and tingling and weakness of a distal point. For example, an overused trapezoid muscle can lead to the buildup of scar tissue over time (this is for you swimmers, boxers, tennis players and golfers particularly!). Where the pain originally can be acutely felt in the posterior aspect of the shoulder, it will eventually travel down the arm and into the wrist and hand if not treated properly.



What To Expect During an ART Treatment
First and foremost, you will be examined before treatment. The affected area will palpated and evaluated for range of motion, tenderness, tightness, weakness, and turgor. The added benefit of being examined by a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine means that distally related points of the body will also be examined and evaluated (ever notice how a left sided shoulder injury precedes a right sided knee pain after some time?). Based on this examination and evaluation, the dis-eased tissues are treated manually with the use of precise tension and movement of the affected soft tissue.



NOTE: After the soft tissue has been released, the additional modality of Acupuncture can greatly speed up the healing process by releasing even more endorphins bringing great relief of pain.



SO…….
If your neck hurts because you’ve been leaning over a computer screen all day or your shoulders hurt from swimming and cycling for hours at a spell, or you’ve been experiencing lower back and hip pain…and you just don’t know why---make an appointment for a full evaluation and treatment.



BE PAIN - FREE….COME SEE ME!!!
For more information about Traditional Chinese Medicine and ART and how you can become PAIN-FREE, click on the links below.



http://www.lotusblossomstudio.net/tcm.html
http://www/.activereleasetechniques.com/about.asp





Kelley Mondesire', MSTOM, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.
177 Prince Street Third Floor, NY, NY 10012
917-701-7582
www.lotusblossomstudio.net
kmondesire@lotusblossomstudio.net