Release Your Pain by Dr. Abelson provides you, the reader, with an informative, easy-to-read introduction to the real causes of repetitive strain injuries, it shows how Active Release Techniques can quickly resolve most Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) cases, describes illuminating case studies, and best of all, provides effective exercises to prevent the condition from re-occurring.

Active Release Techniques® can be used to treat the following soft tissue injuries and conditions: Arthritis Achilles Tendonitis Ankle Sprains Back Pain/Injury Bicepital Tendonitis Bunions Bursitis Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Compartment Syndrome De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Dupuytren’s Contracture Foot Pain/Injury Frozen Shoulder (or Adhesive Capsulitis) Gait Imbalances Golfer’s Elbow (Tendonitis) Hammer Toes Head Injuries Headaches Hip Pain [...]

Treatments can feel uncomfortable during the movement phases as the scar tissue or adhesions “break-up”. This discomfort is temporary and subsides almost immediately after the treatment. It is common to feel a duplication of your pain symptoms during the treatment (a good indication that the problem has been identified). Patients report that “It hurts good”. [...]

Every ART® session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The ART® provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the: texture tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements.

Muscles become shortened due to injury, from trauma, or from repetitive strains that cause micro-tears. The scar tissue that forms at the injury site is less elastic and more fibrotic than normal tissue, and cause muscles to gradually lose their stretch component. Short, tight muscles are weaker, more prone to injury, and play havoc with [...]