Active Release Technique (ART) can be used to treat common running injuries such as patellofemoral pain syndrome, iliotibial band friction syndrome, medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints), achilles tendinitis, and plantar fasciitis.
ART is used to treat both acute and chronic soft tissue injuries that have occurred via traumatic event or repetitive motion. The goal of ART is to prevent a patient from entering a cycle of cumulative soft tissue injury---defined by stages of friction, pressure, tension, decreased circulation, adhesion, fibrosis, physical disruption, and inflammation---or to break the cumulative injury cycle for patients that already present with evidence of cumulative trauma.
Treatment is performed by applying hand contact to the identified tissue with specific pressure and tension followed by either active or passive patient motion (preferably active, but dependent on patient and tissue tolerance).
After establishing a diagnosis through examination, the practitioner will perform ART to the appropriate soft tissues. For example, when treating iliotibial band friction syndrome, the practitioner will typically perform ART directly to the iliotibial band as well as surrounding tissues that may be contributing to the dysfunction (e.g., tensor fasciae latae, biceps femoris, vastus lateralis).
In this video, Chiropractor, Dr. Mike Distler contacts Tensor Fasciae Latae and then patient moves the hip into extension and adduction and the knee into extension.
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