ART is a movement-based manual therapy soft tissue technique that addresses muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. It involves breaking up adhesions in the soft tissues by having the patient go through various motions while the doctor applies a very specific pressure to the area being treated. It has been proven to be highly effective in treating many repetitive overuse injuries or overly tight muscles, such as TMJ dysfunction, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow, shin splints and even headaches.

The Mckenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) is a standardized assessment tool, defining & classifying movement problems along with applying appropriate treatment. MDT is composed of finding a patients directional preference then taking them through functional and mechanical movements that involves having the joints hit a pain free end range and repetitively loading the joint. MDT will increase force, load and or reps to help further the joint into the end range and centralize the pain. 

This technique emphasizes patient empowerment and self-treatment care to become less reliant on the doctor for relief of their symptoms.

Functional Performance Rehab consists of a variety of corrective and performance exercises with the goal of improving your physical movement, function, and performance. Exercises are custom-tailored based upon the findings of your functional assessment & movement screen. This includes evaluating breathing patterns. 

Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is an advanced manual technique where the therapist is able to effectively address myofascial or soft tissue dysfunctions (i.e. tight, stringy muscles) with the assistance of an instrument. 

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This helps to stimulate an inflammatory healing response – increasing blood flow and stimulating collagen production promotes adequate remodeling and healing of soft tissue structures. 

Active Cupping Therapy is the westernized version of Traditional Cupping. This form of cupping involves utilizing a lubricant (lotion) to allow gliding of the cups over a certain muscle group or nerve root pattern. This form of cupping also involves using active range of motion with the cups in order to stimulate an inflammatory healing response – increasing blood flow and stimulating collagen production while helping with proprioception and joint end range.

Shockwave therapy uses a specialist device to deliver acoustic energy through the skin to the injured part of the body. The shockwaves are mechanical and not electric. They are audible, low-energy sound waves. These mechanical pulses cause scar tissue and calcific fibroblasts to break down and this, in turn, provokes metabolic activity.