https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfmM1BRdi8

I have always known to be judicious to the point of slightly skeptical when it comes to a lot of self-care tools that patients want to use at home for relief of a variety of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Many of them have come and gone after a brief surge in popularity driven by intense social media marketing. I am a frequent thrift store shopper and invariably there are miscellaneous home goods that look like a graveyard of various such tools that were once the hottest item on the market.

There are of course notorious exceptions to that, and the Armaid and several offbrand similar devices fit in that category. It's a relatively simple tool designed originally by rock climbers to perform some specific deep self massage and soft tissue release of the elbow and down primarily. Many of our patients have to engage in activities, whether professionally or recreationally, that place high repetitive demands on wrist and finger flexor muscle groups, with high likelihood of setting off a chronic repetitive injury cycle. As a supplement to in office treatment, I will often recommend the ongoing use of the Armaid for patients to control and stay ahead of escalating soft tissue injuries. We have a loaner unit at the office that I will send home with patients after training them specifically on how to use it for their particular condition. If patient find it successful, we will direct them to purchase their own unit. The cost is still below $100, paying for itself many times over in saved in office visits.