When you need physical therapy for a soft tissue injury, you may be wondering what therapies may be included in your treatment. At SOL Physical Therapy, our team knows active release therapy may be the key to your pain relief when you have this type of injury.
Our SOL Physical Therapy team has been providing high-quality physical therapy in Oakland, California for 22 years. These years of service have allowed our team to develop a high level of experience, and we use this experience to help our patients get the most effective physical therapy. We’ll start by evaluating your injury to determine how it’s affecting you. We’ll then take some time to listen to your physical therapy goals. Finally, we’ll combine this information with our experience using science-based therapies to build you a personalized therapy program, and your program may include active release therapy since it may be the key to your pain relief.
Why active release therapy may be the key to your pain relief
Our team at SOL Physical Therapy is aware active release therapy may be the key to your pain relief. However, we’re also aware you may not know what active release therapy is or why it may offer you relief.
We have a high level of experience with active release therapy here at SOL Physical Therapy. Our physical therapists use active release therapy, which is a form of soft tissue mobilization, to specifically target scar tissue that may form when you have a soft tissue injury.
This scar tissue is also known as adhesions, and it may cause a variety of problems for you. For example, soft tissue adhesions may decrease the mobility of your muscles and joints. It may also lead to increased levels of pain and inflammation. However, our therapists can use active release therapy to break down this inflexible scar tissue. There are several steps our highly-trained therapists will go through during an active release therapy session, which include:
- Evaluating your condition and current mobility levels
- Locating areas of damaged tissue that contain adhesions
- Using a combination of pressure, tension and some of the 500 active release therapy-specific movements on your adhesions
Using these steps, our team may be able to help you get a number of benefits. A few of these benefits may include a shorter injury recovery time, reduced levels of pain and less injury inflammation.
Does active release therapy sound like it could be the key to your pain relief? Our team is ready to help you use this therapy in your soft tissue injury recovery. Contact our team today for more information or to schedule an initial appointment.
