Everyone agrees that the technique is a form of myofascial release, which refers to the breakup of scar tissue inside muscles and connective tissues. Rolfing is probably the best-known form of the treatment. But ART is different from other types of myofascial release. First, the patient actively participates, moving his own limbs through a range of motion while the ART practitioner presses a thumb into the muscle. Second, ART differentiates between the tiniest of muscles and between different muscle actions within muscles.
ART seems fast, safe and remarkably effective for injuries to muscles and connective tissues.
The odds of fixing a problem with ART are about 95 percent. But we're talking about fixing 95 percent of problems in four visits, versus 50 percent of them in 30 visits. Chew claims a cure rate between 85 percent and 90 percent within six visits. And he says that he's able to fix 8 percent of his patients' problems in a single visit. That's after 26 years of clicks.