Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness

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Crossroads Chiropractic & Wellness

13141 Fm 1960 Rd W #700
Houston, Texas 77065
Phone: 281-970-5600
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Houston Active Release Technique® Chiropractors

Active Release Technique

Crossroads Chiropractic & Wellness is a Certified ART® provider located in Houston, TX.

What is Active Release Techniques (ART) to Individuals, Athletes, and Patients?

ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

How do overuse conditions occur?

Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:

  • acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc)
  • accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
  • not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia)

Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.

What is an ART treatment like?

Every ART session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements.

These treatment protocols – over 500 specific moves – are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.

What is the history of Active Release Techniques?

ART has been developed, refined, and patented by P. Michael Leahy, DC, CCSP. Dr. Leahy noticed that his patients’ symptoms seemed to be related to changes in their soft tissue that could be felt by hand. By observing how muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves responded to different types of work, Dr. Leahy was able to consistently resolve over 90% of his patients’ problems. He now teaches and certifies health care providers all over the world to use ART.

Source: Official Active Release Technique Website

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Crossroads Chiropractic & Wellness
13141 FM 1960 W. Ste 700
Houston, TX 77065
Phone: (281) 970-5600

Crossroads Chiropractic & Wellness

Chiropractic Certifications

ART Houston Chiropractic
Houston Chiropractic Golf Certified TPI
Soft Tiissue Graston Technique® Provider
Soft Tiissue Fascial Distortion Model™ Provider

 

 

Functional Movement Screen FMS
Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA)

 

 

Chiropractors in Houston

Crossroads Chiropractic & Wellness provides chiropractic treatments uniquely tailored for each patient, focusing on alleviating pain, stabilizing the issue and maintaining proper body structure. We inspire and educate our patients to become a more active participant in their own well-being. The purpose of our office is to help as many people in our Community on their quest for optimal health and wellness.

We spend significant one-on-one time with every patient. You’ll always be treated by our professional Doctors of Chiropractic in the latest and most effective approaches to joint and soft tissue injuries. Patients achieve optimal levels of health and wellness due to our comprehensive and structured approach. We specialize in the treatment of sprain/strain injuries, repetitive stress injuries, sports related injuries, crossfit injuries, automobile accidents, and worker’s compensation injuries.

Our team is well trained in the management of chronic headaches, carpal tunnel, sciatica and many more injuries and symptoms. The doctors are not limited to just treating the spine. We also have great success with upper and lower extremity problems such as rotator cuff injuries, lateral and medial epicondylitis, knee and ankle/foot injuries.

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Our Clinic

The purpose of our office is to help as many people in our Community on their quest for optimal health and wellness.

In turn we educate them about the benefits of chiropractic care so that they may, in turn, live healthier lives and educate others to do the same.

Chiropractic Care

It is important to note that chiropractors seek the origin of the illness in order to eliminate it, we do not simply treat the symptoms.

It is also important to note that the nervous system controls the entire body and that malfunctioning joints can interfere with that flow causing many of the symptoms that plague our community.

Lifestyle Advice

We often find it helpful to educate our patients on certain activities they should avoid or do differently to avoid aggravating their particular problem.

In particular we find that ergonomic advice can help facilitate our patient’s recovery, but helping them avoid re-injuring areas through poor postural habits at home and work.

About Us

The doctors and staff of Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness, PLLC will apply their knowledge and skills to foster an environment that empowers each patient to be an active participant in their own health care.

This approach discourages treatment dependency, and encourages patients to directly effect their own quality of life.

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