Biomechanical Analysis, part of the Active Release Technique [ART] family, is the evaluation of technique, whether in sports, industry or everyday life. The ART practitioners at NCRC are trained in watching you move in order to diagnose why you feel pain during an activity or to diagnose why your performance is not at the level that you desire.
For example, a runner may be dissatisfied with their times or with how they feel while running. By watching the runner in action and through the use of video, the ART practitioner will determine where the technique is faulty. This faulty technique is often times due to muscle imbalances—one muscle or set of muscles being weaker than those with which it works.
The ART practitioner then is able to diagnose why the imbalance is occurring by using palpation. If the imbalance is due to adhesed and shortened muscles, the ART practitioner will find and release the adhesion, allowing the muscles to glide easily over each other in the way they were intended. If a muscle is severely weakened, strengthening exercises will then be prescribed to help avoid similar injuries in the future.
The same biomechanical analysis can be helpful in the workplace. If workers are experiencing similar injuries, the ART practitioner can analyze the motions of the workers and suggest how injuries can be avoided in the future.
Biomechanical Analysis takes you one step further to enjoying your life pain-free. While Active Release Technique takes the treatment of soft tissue injuries to a whole new level, Biomechanical Analysis is tremendously helpful in aiding people in altering their motions to avoid further injury and to enhance their performance.
