FEATURE INNOVATION ARE YOU ON PAR? Release techniques go high tech BY SCOTT GRISEWOOD F or the past years, I have had the good fortune of treating some of the largest and strongest athletes on the planet. I have experienced the thrill of victory in helping to develop numerous national and world title holders, Olympic med-allists and world record holders using both manual and instrument-assisted release tech-niques. Despite these successes, I have all but abandoned those methodologies in favour of using a treatment I call Pulse Activated Release (PAR). Based on my experiences, this technique has proven to be the least invasive, most versatile and most e ective, espe-cially when treating the hard bodied athlete. As well, al-though my focus is always to attain the best results for the patient, the technique is also much less physically demand-ing on the practitioner, allowing for: • more treatments per day (and more revenue); • less physical damage than that caused by manual ma-nipulation; and • a career that is less likely to be shortened by long-term injuries caused by repetitive strain. [For] plntr fsciitis…the PAR technique llows me to ddress joints nd fscil restrictions of the feet, lower limbs nd pelvis tht inevitbly ccompny this condition. decided that a distinction had to be made between these two protocols. Therefore, I would like to clarify that, moving forward, the “integrated approach” that I will expand on further, in this, my second article, will be described as Pulse Activated Release (PAR). The main di erences between the two treatment protocols are highlighted in Table (see page ). CLARIFYING SOME CONCEPTS After fi ve years of using radial shockwave and delivering nearly million shocks, I wrote my fi rst article last year for Massage Therapy Canada titled, “Radial Shockwave Therapy: An Integrated Approach.” I was delighted with the response I received from therapists and doctors across the country. Each one was aware of the e ectiveness of this exciting new technology from reading the numerous clinical studies that are available online. There was, however, signifi cant confusion between the radial shockwave “integrated approach” that I spoke about in the article, and its “traditional” use, upon which all the clinical studies are based. After much contemplation, I SCOTT GRISEWOOD, RMT, is owner/operator of Athletes Choice in Barrie, Ontario. In practice for the past 18 years, Scott continues to treat and train numerous world-class athletes in Canada and internationally. 34 Canadian Chiropractor July/August 2013 OTHER APPLICATIONS Another key point that must be mentioned about PAR is the exposure issues related to treatment of the pelvic, groin and gluteal areas. Since clothing does not have to be removed for treatment, both the patient and practitioner are better protected from issues related to treating those areas. Span-dex shorts or yoga type pants are the preferred choice for treatment purposes. The condition I treat most successfully with PAR is plantar fasciitis – treating this condition demonstrates the best attributes of both “traditional” radial shockwave ther-apy and the PAR technique. There is a clinically proven per cent success rate with the “traditional” application alone. The use of the PAR technique also allows me to address joints and fascial restrictions of the feet, lower limbs and pelvis that inevitably accompany this condition. In this condition, they can be released simultaneously. The www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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