ABOUT MRT®

A new manual treatment.

Over fifteen years ago, Paul R. Mettler, PT, DPT, developed a new way to treat a wide variety of acute and chronic injuries. Since that time, the results have been outstanding. This new approach to treatment allows for the successful identification and treatment of scar tissue.

According to Ben E. Benjamin, PhD, adhesive scar tissue formation is, in most cases, the source of chronic pain in the musculoskeletal system. When injury occurs from a mild muscle strain or as a result of major surgery, the body develops scar tissue in an effort to heal. As a result, scar tissue forms in random patterns or adheres inappropriately to adjacent structures, resulting in pain. As stated by Dr. Benjamin, “the scar tissue is like glue poured into the wrong places, causing independently moving structures to stick together.” Movement that pulls, stretches, or compresses the area by cutting off the blood supply where scar tissue has formed causes pain.

Mettler Release Technique (MRT®)
MRT® protocol involves the successful identification of the source of your pain and treatment of the involved scar tissue and surrounding area. Once the adhesive scar tissue has been treated, a reduction or elimination of pain results, movement is restored, and normal strength can be rebuilt. Probably the most significant benefit to this form of treatment is the objective, immediate, and most often long-lasting results. This ground-breaking treatment in the rehabilitation of acute and chronic injuries is just one method used by Mettler therapists. With over 10 years of proven research, MRT® promises to be one of the most fundamental advancements in the rehabilitative field since the origin of physical therapy.