About ART Performance Care
By Dr. Brian Abelson, DC. Release Your Pain.

Once patients have received ART treatments to resolve obvious soft-tissue injuries, they are often keen to return to activities and sports that were previously denied to them by their injury.

At this point, ART can provide patients with a means to enhance their sports performance by identifying and releasing restrictions that reduce their performance in that activity. This typically occurs after the practitioner conducts a biomechanical analysis of the patient's motion. During the biomechanical analysis and the subsequent treatment, the practitioner.

Evaluates your gait, motion, and posture.
Identifies the biomechanical dysfunctions that are restricting your performance.
Finds the soft-tissue structures that are the primary cause of the biomechanical dysfunction as well as affected structures along the kinetic chain.
Treats the soft-tissue dysfunctions with ART to restore full function to the affected structures.
ART Performance Care is applied after trauma-based injuries have been resolved.

ART Performance Care concentrates upon removing those restrictions that inhibit full range of motion, and in restoring full function and performance to those soft-tissues. This process can result in significant increases in sports performance— power, strength, and flexibility.

ART Performance Care has been used to improve athletic performance for everyone from the amateur athlete to Olympic Gold medalists. Many well-known athletes and celebrities have benefited from ART Performance Care, including:

NHL hockey player— Gary Roberts
Figure skaters and Olympic gold medalists— Jamie Sale and David Pelletier.
Mr. Universe— Milos Sarcev.
Members of several Olympic teams, including the nations of Canada, United States, New Zealand, and Australia.
Numerous PGA Golf professionals.
See the Active Release website at www.activerelease.com for more details about these and other athletes who have experienced increased performance through ART treatments.

Biomechanical Analysis with ART
By Dr. Brian Abelson, DC. Release Your Pain

Biomechanical analysis of an action or activity is a key part of any ART procedure. ART practitioners conduct a biomechanical analysis of the required action to:

Determine which structures are affected along the activity's kinetic chain. ART practitioners focus on more than just the chief area of complaint. For example, a runner with a knee injury will often have accompanying restrictions in a multitude of soft-tissue structures above and below the knee.
Identify the antagonistic structures (opposing muscle groups) to those that have been identified as the primary structures causing the imbalance. Since function and performance is based upon balance and coordination, an opposing soft-tissue structure is always affected by restrictions in the primary structure. These muscle imbalances often lead to injuries. Some examples of primary muscles and their antagonists are:
biceps and triceps.
quadriceps and hamstrings.
pectoralis and latissimus dorsi.
anterior and posterior deltoids.
Once the affected areas (primary structures and their antagonists) have been located, the ART practitioner is able to systematically remove restrictions along the entire kinetic chain. Patients see immediate improvements in their sports performance; from their running and walking speed, to increased power in a golf stroke, to an ability to throw more accurately and at greater speeds or simply with smoother actions.