On this day as I reached for the table I released the lock before I had hold of the table. Being spring-loaded it came up with tremendous force. I reached to grab hold of it and it severely hyper-extended my middle finger and ring finger. Swelling in these fingers started almost immediately. I took my ring off my finger with considerable difficulty. After approximately three months these two fingers were still severely damaged and swollen. On flexion, I could only bend them between 5 to 10 degrees before I had pain. Wanting to wear my ring, I had it resized to fit my finger. My ring size was 9 ½. After resizing to fit my finger it was 12 ½. About this time I learned about Arthromend and started taking it. I continued to exercise my fingers, not only through my professional routine, but during quiet times of the day I would flex and extend my fingers.

After about three months, my flexion had increased to approximately one-half way before I would start to elicit pain. I continued taking Arthro-Mend and exercising the fingers. After another six months, flexion had improved considerably and I could get my ring to just slide off my finger. I switched the ring to the middle finger, which was the most severely damaged. It barely went on my finger but after three months it began to turn on my finger. Just recently I had my ring resized again to fit my ring finger, which is now a size 10. Flexion is now complete and I can fold my fingers down against my hand.

Shortly after the injury occurred and flexion was minimal, I had the thought that this was the way it would be for the rest of my life. The Arthro-Mend had helped, along with the exercise, to repair the damage to the ligaments and tendons of these two fingers. I would highly recommend Arthro-Mend to anyone who has gone through ligamentous and tendonous injury. Arthro-Mend has proven to be a great product and has considerably benefited me. Thanks for the research and development of this product".

Dr. Thomas N. Tarleton
Mt. Gilead, Ohio