Michael Leahy

Not long after graduating valedictorian of Los Angeles Chiropractic College, Dr. Michael Leahy grew increasingly dissatisfied with the slow and poor efficacy of traditional soft-tissue treatment methods, especially for professional and Olympic athletes that urgently needed to get back to training and competition.

He set to work developing the Active Release Techniques (ART) treatment system. Astonished by his impressive results, Dr. Leahy’s friends and colleagues urged him to train other healthcare professionals to utilize the ART treatment system in their practices.

By 1988, ART was hosting its first seminars. Since that time, ART has trained and credentialed more than 20,000 professionals to deliver the premier brand in soft-tissue and nerve care.

Dr. Leahy continued perfecting his treatment system and in 2001 was granted the first and only patent ever issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a manual soft-tissue treatment system. ART Corporate Solutions was established in 2005 in order to meet the needs of employers in labor-intensive industries with high incidences of soft-tissue and repetitive stress disorders. Today, the appeal of ART programs transcends industries.