Muscle Activation Techniques

Unleash The Body's Healing Power

Transform Muscle Function, Relieve Pain, and Boost Performance.

As Used By Professional Sports Organizations

What is MAT

We Identify Muscle Dysfunction and accelerate recovery

Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) is a hands-on neuromuscular therapy focused on identifying and correcting muscle inhibition, the root cause of muscle tightness and pain. By addressing these underlying issues, MAT aims to improve the body’s overall function and performance, offering a more effective solution than simply treating symptoms.

Pain Relief

MAT helps provide pain relief by identifying and addressing muscle imbalances that contribute to discomfort and dysfunction.

Enhanced Perormance

MAT enhances performance by optimizing muscle function, improving stability, and increasing overall movement efficiency.

Restore Muscle Function

MAT accelerates recovery by restoring muscle function, reducing compensation patterns, and promoting efficient healing.

Improved Strength

MAT improves strength by activating underperforming muscles, enhancing stability, and optimizing movement efficiency.

The Key Principles of

Muscle Activation techniques

MAT works off the foundational principle that wherever you see a limitation in range of motion, it means that one or more of the muscles that move you into that position are potentially weak. By identifying and addressing the neuromuscular weakness, the inhibited muscles are activated, reducing tightness and improving overall muscle function. 

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Muscle Weakness is the Root Cause

MAT operates on the premise that many physical issues stem from muscle weaknesses, not tightness. 

02

Restore Communication

MAT seeks to improve the connection between the nervous system and the muscles.

03

Focus on Proactive Muscle Care

MAT identifies the underlying cause of dysfunction and prevents further issues.

Who is MAT For

Recovery, Performance, and Pain Relief—MAT is for All.

MAT is for anyone seeking to improve mobility, alleviate pain, recover from injury, or enhance athletic performance, including athletes and those dealing with chronic pain or muscle imbalances.

Active Individuals

MAT helps active individuals stay strong, move efficiently, and prevent injuries by optimizing muscle function and balance.

Chronic Pained Individuals

MAT provides relief for individuals with chronic pain by addressing muscle imbalances and restoring optimal movement function.

Recovering Indivuals

MAT supports recovering individuals by restoring muscle function, improving stability, and accelerating the healing process.

What Does MAT Help

Conditions MAT Has Been known To Relieve

MAT relieves conditions like chronic pain, muscle imbalances, and limited mobility by targeting the root causes of muscular dysfunction, improving movement and muscle health.

Knee Pain

Back Pain

Strains

Muscle Weakness

Mobility Issues

Foot Pain

Arthirtis

Overuse Injuries

Shoulder Pain

Tennis Elbow

FAQs

Frequently Asked questions

MAT is ideal for anyone experiencing muscle tightness, pain, or limited mobility, as well as athletes aiming to enhance their performance.

Whether you’ve tried other therapies without success or are looking for a proactive way to prevent future injuries, MAT can help by addressing the root cause of muscle dysfunction. Clients typically see improvements in strength, stability, and range of motion, often after just a 1-2 sessions. 

The first and major indication is that something may not feel right. This can be seen as joint pain, muscle tension or instability of a joint, or in other words tight hamstrings, tight lower back, shin splints, aching knees, or a hyper-extended joint.

Any feelings of pain or tightness can be signs of possible muscle weakness.

MAT is different because it doesn’t just focus on relieving symptoms; it addresses the root cause of muscle tightness, pain, and dysfunction. While other treatments may focus on stretching tight muscles or strengthening weak ones, MAT looks at how your muscles communicate with your nervous system to find the source of the problem.

By restoring proper muscle function and balance, MAT helps your body heal itself more effectively. This approach often leads to longer-lasting relief and better overall results, even when other methods have failed. 

MAT is a technique that helps athletes recover from competitive stress quickly and help them prevent future injuries. When training at a high level, these inefficiencies are magnified, and sometimes the body can no longer handle the stress, and break down.

By balancing the muscular system, MAT provides an improved environment for restoring physical performance. This allows the athlete to return to sport sooner with improved athletic capabilities.

Yes, Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) can have a significant positive impact on arthritis and the aging process by improving muscle function, reducing joint stress, and enhancing overall mobility. As people age, muscle imbalances and weaknesses develop, leading to compensatory movement patterns that increase joint strain—a major contributor to arthritis pain and stiffness.

By addressing muscle weakness before it leads to chronic pain or dysfunction, MAT supports healthy aging, preserves joint integrity, and enhances overall quality of life.

“Muscle Activation” is a common term used in fitness and therapy circles to describe exercises designed to warm up or “activate” muscles before activity. These exercises typically involve dynamic movements aimed at getting muscles ready for action. While sometimes useful, these exercises are general in nature and don’t address deeper issues in muscle function.

On the other hand, Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) is a specialized, hands-on process developed by Greg Roskopf 30 years ago. MAT focuses on identifying and correcting muscle inhibition by addressing neuromuscular imbalances at their root. MAT is not about simply warming up muscles—it’s a comprehensive approach that systematically evaluates and treats muscle function.

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