Chronic Passive Tension and Stretching

The purpose of stretching is to loosen joints and to increase the range of motion of a muscle. But stretching has a minimal effect on a muscle’s resting length or amount of tension the muscle has at rest. This is the reason why stretching has been mostly ineffective for treating chronic pain and passive tension. During a stretch, muscles, tendons, joints are pulled apart until the stretch stops. When the stretch stops the muscle relaxes, and returns to its programmed resting length. So during that stretch, the active range of motion may have increased, but the resting length has been changed little to none.

Due to its ability to increase or maintain the active range of motion of a muscle, it is important for athletes to stretch as part of their routine. Stretching does not however, effectively change the passive resting length of a muscle, and is therefore inefficient in treating Chronic Passive Tension issues.

PUSH Therapy treatments are designed to stop the process of Chronic Passive Tension, creating healthier muscle resting lengths, improving the quality of the muscle tone, and eliminating tension and pain.

The Treatment Plan addresses Chronic Passive Tension by restoring the oxygen and blood flow to muscles, breaking negative muscle patterns, and stopping involuntary muscle contractions. As oxygen supplies are restored to muscles, CPT releases and allows the muscle to maintain a normal resting length in a relaxed, pain- free state.