As a provider of Active Release Techniques, I found this book very valuable. It helps to remind providers how medical doctors will most likely treat these common conditions. I have been giving the recommended stretches to patients with great results. I continue to be amazed at how Active Release Techniques often provides instant results and sometimes instant resolution of conditions that patients have experienced for years. From a provider's perspective, it makes practice a lot of fun!

David Krohse, D.C., A.R.T.
Compass Chiropractic - [...]
Clive / Des Moines, Iowa

i'm very much into "DIY physical therapy, ie: myofacsial release, trigger point therapy etc and thought that this book would be good to add to my arsenal, but all this seemed to be is a book that instructs you to go and find a ART practitioner, not how to do any of it yourself.I understand that some things should only be done by trained professionals, but the books premise is misleading.

I'm returning this book as this is more like a brochure advertising this special 'patented' technique. I understand you can't learn this type of thing from a book but still i would like to see the actual techniques in there. Its just advertising for this special 'patented' technique which i'm not going to waste anymore money on.

I thought from the title of this book that it would be like a synopsis of how to do the ART technique. Instead, most of it was info about how wonderful ART is with some useful information about injuries in general. It does inform about specific anatomy but I didn't really need that part, although it was nice. I just wanted to know how to use the techniques, and I was a bit disappointed.

If you're interested in ART as a treatment- this is a wonderful resource. But, much more than that- it's a great resource for you to understand the cause of the problems. Also, any rehab exercises that you can do to prevent the problems.

No, this isn't a manual of how to perform ART! That's many binders worth of material. This is to acquaint the patient with ART, how it can be applied, what to expect, and the common causes and effects of problems.

If you have chronic joint and muscle pain (I rehab old houses, so it's an occupational hazard for this middle aged man), it's well worth perusing. Just taking Ibuprofen for my plantar fasciitis (flat feet) was not an option, and ART has helped a great deal. This book helped explain the cause and treatment.

This book is nothing more than a lengthy brochure written by chiropractors to promote the sale of continuing education seminars to other chiropractors. As one of the prior reviewers stated, there is NO INSTRUCTION on how to provide or perform an "ART" technique. The bulk of the book is simply a review of common repetitive strain injuries and treatment options which are common physical therapy techniques.
"ART" itself does not appear to be anything specifically special other than a type of manual technique designed to release adhesions in soft tissue, of which there are many. All that is presented here is a treatment technique that has been labeled as something specific so that is could be legally protected as a specific type of treatment, then marketed and sold to other chiropractors. Indeed, the foreward is written NOT by a neutral third party but by the actual chiropractor who markets and sells the technique via seminars. The actual authors are people that have taken his course, become instructors and have basically written a text to support the marketing of the continuing education classes. There appears to be no actual scientific studies that prove "ART" techniques are any more successful than other manual techniques. The only supporting evidence provided in the book is done through case studies. Other than the promotion of "ART" and how is it "superior" to other treatment options, the remaining information in the book is again, actually common physical therapy treatment techniques (which is the book's only redeeming quality). This book and others like it would like you to think that "ART" and other "patented" techniques are something new. Most, if not all of these type of treatments, are nothing more than modifications of existing tried and true techniques that have been renamed, repackaged and sold to newer generations of clinicians. Indeed, as some chiropractors are moving closer to mainstream medicine, they are incorporating techniques used commonly in physical medicine/physical therapy but most chiropractic schools/chiropractors would never admit this, so the end result is that existing techniques are given new names so that they can be marketed with a chiropractic twist from whomever is promoting it at the time.

Introduction to probably the most significant advance in body therapies in the last 5o years. The book is a compass to patients with sports injuries and cumulative injuries. A big plus is the exercises and stretches recommendations present throughout the book. It's about time someone puts in a book format for the public an essential guide to the most powerful techniques for injured workers and injured athletes. Job well done.

Introduction to probably the most significant advance in body therapies in the last 5o years. The book is a compass to patients with sports injuries and cumulative injuries. A big plus is the exercises and stretches recommendations present throughout the book. It's about time someone puts in a book format for the public an essential guide to the most powerful techniques for injured workers and injured athletes. Job well done.

This is merely an introduction to Active Release Therapy and its potential in the treatment of Repetitive Strain Injuries. There is NO INSTRUCTION on how to apply ART. Consider it promotional material for Dr. Leahy . The bulk of the book is made up of an overview of common Injuries (causes, treatment options, selected exercises and stretches). One has to train and test with the author to become an ART practitioner.