Shelly,
I'm sorry for interrupting your thread here, but I have some concern for you Shelly.
If you had a tos expert doc recommend this treatment then disregard my post.

I'm like you and will try new treatments as long as Dr Ellis thinks it might help AND it won't hurt me.
I read your post with some concern about the pain during the treatment.
When I first went to Dr Ellis seven years ago he gave me some excellent advice
about living with tos. This is it:

" Don't Do Any Thing That Hurts."

Dr Ellis has been the biggest help to me in learning how to live with tos.
OK, now if you want to throw out what I had to say it's ok. I feel better passing on some good words of wisdom from a very knowledgable tos doc. This info is from his website which has lots of good information.
Martha
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"The most important statement I can make is that symptoms that seem minimal in nature and include numbness, tingling, and aching pain following use of the arms need to be treated early and intensively. Of course, this is true for virtually any disorder, but I feel this is even more important here because of the consequent disability and suffering that occurs when, as happens all too often, these symptoms are ignored.

Given the difficulties many of my patients have encountered in obtaining appropriate treatment, it is important to remember not to follow any advice or perform any activities that result in increased symptoms, taking into account the frequent delay time. Damaging movements or postures can often take hours to a full day to result in increased symptoms and include activities such as driving, doing laundry, pulling weeds, opening difficult doors or jars, stirring pots, or using a keyboard or mouse even minimally. These and similar activities need to be avoided or compensated for. Initially, rest and avoidance of such activities bring about regression of symptoms relatively quickly; however, over time, symptoms appear more rapidly and recovery times lengthen."

W.Ellis M.D.
http://www.doctorellis.com/



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