Active Release Technique

My Bad it is in medial forearm elbow,not wrist area

Sissorbill,

There has been a lot of success with ART for some of the boys on this web site. My son was one of them. After two short treatments with the chiropractor he was cured of some bad shoulder pain. Search on this forum for ART and you can read of the success folks have had. Also. Good info here too.

I have an appointment for it on Monday, I plan on posting about my experience.

It saved my college career and has done so for many of my clients as well. We are working with an 85% success rate, which is amazing.

Where did you get the 85% success rate?

I think he's talking about the people he's recommended it to.. not sure though

I went to their site and it seems pretty interesting...

So they feel out the spots with their hands.. then massage the area to fix it? Or something like that... anyone wanna explain further?

In layman's terms: my son had two muscles in his shoulder that were "stuck" together after a few years of small tears. The scar tissue had built up. When he threw, instead of the muscle sliding over each other as it should, the muscle stuck together, pulling the bottom muscle with it. The chiropractor basically pushed his fingers and thumb through the middle of the two muscles to free them from each other. At that point the body took over and healed itself. That's a simple explanation but accurate. It's worked. I am a believer now.

Yes the 85% came from athletes I have worked with.

It's a non-invasive technique that looks like a very localized massage to the naked eye. Be warned that in certain areas it can be very painful at first. But the pain is short-lived and the results are amazing IMO.

Short lived pain is correct. By the look on my son's face it was pretty rough. Normally, I think you could hit in the head with a hammer and he would barely flinch. Afterwards is was not an issue.

Thanks for the responses. The chiro thinks he has an adhesion on the biceps tendon, brachialis muscle. Does this make sense? His soreness is right on the tendon in the crook of his elbow. Does not have pain on acceleration but after throw is completed. This is not where one would normally feel ucl pain is it? Please let me know what you all think. Thanks again.

Certainly possible. Has he had any ART sessions yet?