Your doctor usually isn’t trained in the area to relieve myofascial pain as well as the staff at Advanced Muscle Therapy. In a typical scenario, a patient consulting with their primary care physician or urgent care provider regarding joint or muscle pain would be prescribed muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, maybe a steroid pack and rest. While prescription drugs may temporarily relieve the pain, ultimately the pain will return. Never will any of the prescribed drugs above create healthy joints or muscle.

We use various tools in helping us reach homeostasis in the human body. Number one, a fit body is a healthy body, this is why we offer fitness training for everyone. We have fitness for the healthy, we have fitness for the post medical rehab and we have fitness for the senior population.
We offer massage therapy which has shown in study after study to be the best line of defense for muscle or joint pain developed through injuries or just aging.

Massage techniques such as cupping, deep tissue, myofascial release, neuromuscular massage, and Active Release Techniques are used daily in our offices.

Our Doctor of Physical Therapy is on staff to help with any situations that may need a special assessment or physical therapy prescribed by an MD.

We offer so many modalities that sometimes we can’t put everything in a short concise group, however, here are some of the tools we use to help you resolve your pain:

• Piezo Wave2: We offer extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) to help remove restrictions and adhesions along the full length of the muscle, tendons and ligaments.
• Light MD: Our red light and infra-red light machine was developed by a NASA scientist and has shown remarkable results in healing burned tissue, post surgical wounds, strained muscles, chronic sinus issues that present with headaches and chronic pain from post surgical areas.
• Tool assisted myofascial release: Gua Shau blades remove adhesions along tendons and ligaments. Cupping helps reduce inflammation and assists myofascial release that helps restore tonicity to the human body. Foam Rollers assist in myofascial release and may be used in the office or at home with proper instruction. Hypervolts are state of the art percussion instruments that help reduce sensitivity and pain in an area that needs additional fascial therapy.

Stretch Therapy: We offer a unique fascial stretching technique that, over the last 15 years, has given our clients freedom of movement without pain and our athletes the flexibility they need to compete in today’s high speed endurance races.

Making an appointment is as easy as giving us a call. Prescriptions are NEVER necessary for any of the services offered at Advanced Muscle Therapy, including Physical Therapy.

We do not accept or file insurance claims. However, we are happy to provide you with a reimbursement form to submit to your insurance provider. Most insurance carriers, with the exception of Medicare, have issued reimbursements for our client’s visits when the proper paperwork is submitted. We do accept flexible spending accounts that are set up with a Visa/MC through your work or insurance carrier.

Traditionally insurance companies dictate a standard plan of care. We have found our clients are better served by creating an individually tailored plan of care, allowing us to treat you more efficiently and effectively.

We hear this question every time we consult with a new client. Unfortunately, there really is no way to answer that question with a definitive answer. Frequency of visits is determined on a case by case basis. For the last 16 years we have developed a comprehensive understanding of what our therapy can and cannot do. However, if there is no change after three visits, we will refer you to your doctor. Typically even our most challenging cases experience at least a 75% improvement within their first three visits.

Comfortable, loose fitting clothing that allows for movement is best for any of our services.

Anything to do with muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerve entrapments, myofascial adhesions and restrictions, just to name a few!

• Neck pain – Headaches
• Low Back Pain
• Hip Pain – Trochanteric Bursitis
• Knee Pain – Jumper’s Knee
• Shoulder, Rotator Cuff issues
• Tennis/Golfers Elbow
• Carpal Tunnel
• Stress Related Pain in shoulders
• Achilles Tendonitis
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Women’s Health

Yes! Women’s health physical therapy assesses and treats the body as a whole, including the muscles of the pelvic floor. What is the pelvic floor? It is a group of muscles located at the base of the pelvis that aid in continence, sexual health, and organ support. Why is PT needed? Often, physical therapy is needed to improve muscular strength, endurance, and coordination of the pelvic floor, as well as to teach behavior modification and management techniques to the client.

We would be happy to answer any questions you may have about ART. You can also visit activerelease.com/patients.

We do offer Personal Training. The ideal frequency of personal training sessions varies from person to person. Just getting started with exercise and healthy eating? Need regular motivation and support to get to the gym? Have an injury that you’re working through? You’ll probably need to see a trainer once or twice each week.

Many weekly clients reduce their frequency of personal training sessions to bi-weekly or even monthly once they’ve demonstrated the ability to consistently get to the gym and progress their exercises as recommended. Although we miss seeing their smiling faces, we are always proud when clients reduce their need to see us because they’ve become self-directed exercisers.