Active Release Technique Practitioner in Manhattan: Dr. Darren Pollack of Dasha Wellness

Active Release Technique (ART) is a term often used and little understood. What exactly is the Active Release Technique? First, the short answer Dr. Darren Pollack gives his patients when they arrive at his Dasha Wellness offices in Manhattan: ART is a set of sophisticated soft tissue management techniques that treats problems resulting from overuse of muscles, fascia, nerves, tendons and ligaments.

Problems like shin splints, headaches, sciatica, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, Plantar fasciitis, and tennis elbow.

Now, for those who are exploring Active Release Technique for their overuse injuries, the more in-depth answer….

How Overuse Injuries Occur

Some practitioners merely concur with a patient’s own diagnosis of overuse and then propose treatment options. In order to communicate the benefits of Active Release Technique, however, Dr. Darren Pollack believes in guiding his Dasha Wellness patients through an overview of how and why overuse injuries occur.

Trauma to soft tissue can be acute or small and cumulative. When soft tissue is traumatized, oxygen to the tissue becomes restricted (hypoxia)—and scar tissue build, s up. Patients who come to consult with Dr. Darren Pollack at Dasha Wellness may be mystified as to why rest is not helping.

As Dr. Pollack explains, merely resting from overuse is often ineffective because the tissue changes result in weakened muscles, tension on tendons, and trapped nerves. This, in turn, can lead to a distressing downward spiral of compromised range of motion, lost strength, and pain.

How Active Release Technique Works

So, once the patient understands the important details of overuse injuries, the utterly fascinating and effective Active Release Technique makes a whole lot more sense. How does it work…and why does it work?

When Dr. Darren Pollack performs ART on a Dasha Wellness patient, he combines a continual process of examination with technique application. In his state of the art Manhattan office, he does a careful manual examination to evaluate the texture, mobility and function of the injured soft tissue. He treats abnormal tissue with any of 500 distinct protocols unique to the Active Release Technique.

Treatments take from eight to 15 minutes to perform. Two to ten visits may be required before a patient regains full functionality of the affected tissue.

Why Active Release Technique?

Many patients who come to Dr. Darren Pollack with overuse injuries are—understandably—frustrated. Some have been through inordinate pain, and invasive and ineffective treatments. Dr. Pollack practices Active Release Technique because it is effective, safe, non-invasive and virtually side-effect-free. Overuse injuries heal, and symptoms are improved.. With follow-up instruction and exercise recommendations, Dasha Wellness Active Release Therapy patients also learn how to avoid repeating the injuries in the future.