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Soft Tissue Release
(S.T.R., Also Known as A.R.T.®) is a new approach in
treating injuries to muscles, tendons, nerves and surrounding soft
tissues. S.T.R. is a highly successful treatment not only to
athletes, but also to anyone who leads an active life, sits at a
computer all day, or enjoys gardening. Many daily activities cause
repetitive stress and the formation of scar tissue, which hinders
the movement and function of soft tissues (muscles, ligaments,
tendons and nerves). This creates symptoms of pain, stiffness,
decreased range of motion, numbness and weakness.
S.T.R. is safe, very effective and usually very quick
to show results.
In today's world, humans are constantly pushing their bodies to the
limit. Working long hours, eating on the run, or just trying to
keep on going, conditions are far harder on our bodies than ever
before. As our bodies try to keep up with this neck-breaking pace,
our internal maintenance crew often can only do shoddy patch-up
jobs on the damage we do to ourselves. When repairing muscles,
tendons, ligaments or even nerves, the body's quick fix solution is
to slop down scar tissue for the patch-up. Scar tissue is the
cheapest grade of tissue that the body manufactures, and as you can
see from old cuts on your skin, it takes a long time to be replaced
by tissue that looks, feels or works normal. Scar tissue is a lot
like glue, sticking things together. This is very good when you
sprain your ankle, as this 'glue' holds the torn fibers together as
they heal over a couple of months. This is not very good when the
process goes overboard and starts gluing other parts of you
together. Think of normal muscle as a bunch of rubber bands.
Injuries can tear just a few of the rubber bands (muscle fibers).
Your body will use a staple to put the rubber bands back together
(scar tissue). Obviously, the part of the rubber band with the
staple in it won't be able to move normally. Scar tissue keeps
muscle from moving normally. S.T.R. works to reduce the scar
tissue build-up and restore normal muscle function.
When muscles are glued to other muscles, or a nerve is glued to a
tendon, your body is no longer working right. Pain, numbness,
stiffness and weakness are just some of the descriptions that
people use for problems caused by scar tissue gone bad. These
conditions--collectively called cumulative trauma disorders (CTD).
S.T.R. is rare in it's approach to healing, in that it
directly addresses this scar tissue that gums up the
works.
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