Release Your Pain: 2nd Edition - EBOOK. Dr. Brian James Abelson DC.

how these injuries can be resolved without endless treatment. If you have a soft-tissue problem, then read this book, and don’t be satisfied with anything but the real solution.

      Soft-tissue injuries cost more than $200 billion per year in North America alone. With proper treatment, these costs can be reduced to less than one-third of that value. This is the mission of ART; and Dr. Brian Abelson – a certified ART instructor, and an advanced and experienced ART practitioner – is helping us to get there.

      Well Done!

       Mike Leahy

       Table of Contents

       Acknowledgements

       Foreword by Dr. P. Michael Leahy

       Chapter 1: Impact of Soft-Tissue Injuries on your Body

       When You Injure Your Body

       Chapter 2: Understanding Soft-Tissue Injuries

       How do Soft-Tissue Injuries Show Themselves?

       Types of Soft-Tissue Injuries

       The Cumulative Injury Cycle

       The Law of Repetitive Motion

       Applying the Law of Repetitive Motion

       Chapter 3: Why is RSI a Problem?

       What is a Repetitive Strain Injury?

       What Causes a Repetitive Strain Injury?

       Effects of Repetitive Actions on the Body

       How Prevalent is RSI?

       What is the Economic Impact of RSI?

       Finding a Viable Solution for RSI

       Chapter 4: About Active Release Techniques (ART)

       What is ART?

       ART is a Hands-on Technique

       The History of ART

       About Dr. P. Michael Leahy

       The Research behind Active Release Techniques

       Who Can Provide ART Treatments?

       How does an ART Treatment Feel?

       Achieving Success with ART

       Improving Athletic Performance

       Biomechanical Analysis as a Diagnostic Tool

       Conditions That Can Be Helped with ART

       Chapter 5: Remodeling Tissues with Exercise

       Phases of Remodeling Soft Tissues

       Using Exercise to Remodel Injured Tissue

       Remodeling Tissue with Stretching Exercises

       Remodeling Tissue with Strengthening Exercises

       Biochemical Benefits of Strength Training

       Strength Training and Remodeling Tissue

       Chapter 6: Resolving Neck and Back Pain

       How Prevalent is Back Pain?

       Is There a Solution?

       Customizing the Treatment for Back Pain

       About Your Back

       The Human S-Curve

       The Bones of Your Spine

       Spinal Vertebrae

       Your intervertebral discs

       Motions of the Neck and Back

       Soft-Tissue Layers of the Back and Neck