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US 6,283,916 B1Granted
Expert system soft tissue active motion technique for release of adhesions and associated apparatus for facilitating specific treatment modalities
AssigneeActive Release Techniques, LLC
InventorsP. Michael Leahy, Tim Patterson
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Abstract
A method for the non-surgical treatment of soft tissue lesions includes placing a contact point near the lesion and causing the patient to move in a manner that produces a longitudinal sliding motion of soft tissues, e.g., nerves, ligaments, and muscles, beneath the contact point. Treatments are continued at sequential time intervals until the symptoms produced by the lesions are alleviated.
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A method for training others in use of an expert system protocol to treat patients afflicted with soft tissue lesions, said method comprising the steps of:
- training others to display apparatus including a plurality of indicia each representative of a symptom pattern image showing a portion of human anatomy and an expert-derived symptom pattern superposed on said portion of human anatomy, wherein said expert-derived symptom pattern includes an area on said portion of human anatomy where soft tissue lesions produce symptoms selected from the group consisting of numbness, tingling, pain, ache, burning, weakness, atrophy, circulatory changes, hypersensitivity, restricted motion, and combinations thereof;
- training others to match a patient's symptoms to at least one of said symptom pattern images;
- training others to associate said at least one of said symptom pattern images with a corresponding expert treatment protocol;
- and training others to use said expert treatment protocol to diagnose and treat a soft tissue lesion in said patient.
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