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April 29, 2004

Ming Chew

The New York Times has a nice feature on physical therapist Ming Chew (registration required). He has been working with the New Jersey Nets, and specifically with all-star point guard Jason Kidd, using a variation of active release technique (A.R.T.):

"I can't even call it A.R.T. anymore," he said. "It's a blend, an amalgam, of many varieties of soft-tissue techniques and it's all based on sound scientific theories.

"The theory behind what we're trying to do is break up scar tissue and adhesions that are blocking nerves or muscles that previously were sliding and gliding with respect to one another and are now essentially glued together or welded together. What I do is I simply break up the adhesions that allow the muscles to function the way it was intended."

Lou Schuler offers a first-hand report of his sessions with Ming Chew:

"I walk out of Chew's physical-therapy office and into the streets of Manhattan's Upper West Side feeling as if I'm both witness to and beneficiary of a miracle."

(here's a previous Ming Chew post for some background information).

Posted by david at April 29, 2004 1:01 PM