Muscle Activation Techniques

Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) is a biomechanically based, neuromuscular assessment and treatment process.

It’s a revolutionary approach to treating the muscular system because it identifies issues at their source.

Whilst most other treatment approaches focus on reducing tension in the muscular system, MAT looks deeper to find the underlying cause of that tension, specific muscle weakness.

Injury, overload and inflammation can impact the ability of muscles to contract effectively.

These areas of muscle weakness are the reason why you haven’t made a satisfactory recovery from injury and why you suffer from muscle tightness and performance deficits.

MAT is successful at locating these weak muscles and improving their function.

This leads to improvements in both strength and performance in the short term. It also informs the design of your resistance training programme for long term change.

Below world renowned pain researcher Dr Norman Marcus discusses how MAT fits within the modern pain management paradigm.