ART Spotlight Article: Saved from shoulder surgery by ART.

When Carl came to see an ART provider, he was three weeks away from shoulder surgery. He had been dealing with shoulder pain for approximately 6 months. It hurt to raise his arm over head and lift his arm directly to the side. Carl liked to work out and hadn't been able to for months. Since he was over 50, he thought his age was catching up with him.

Carl actually came reluctantly to ART. His wife had come for neck pain and was impressed. She insisted that he have his shoulder evaluated by her ART provider.

Carl related that his orthopedic surgeon wanted to "open up" his A-C joint. This is where the clavicle meets the acromion, sometimes called the point of the shoulder. He didn't understand how this could help because his pain was further down his arm, where the Deltoid muscle attaches to the arm.

His ART provider did a thorough evaluation of Carl's shoulder. Most of the structures that make up the shoulder girdle were fine. There was nothing unusual about his A-C joint. All of his pain was in his Deltoid. A significant lump of scar tissue had accumulated where the Deltoid attaches to the arm.

The entire muscle, including the attachment, was treated using the ART Deltoid protocol. (This is just one of over 500 ART protocols.) When he was finished being treated, Carl got off the table and started moving his arm around. He had a strange look on his face. "It doesn't hurt. It can't be that easy." The lump was gone.

"Why don't we see how it goes? I'll see you again in three days," his ART provider told him. Carl agreed. When he came back, it still didn't hurt. The scar tissue was no longer there. The ART treatment, which is intended to break up scar tissue so the muscle can move freely, had worked.

Carl returned to the gym and saw his ART provider a week later. He uttered the words that all ART providers get to hear at some point: "I cancelled my surgery today." He went on to say, "I can't believe it. It's just gone." A year later, his shoulder is feeling great.

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