In October of 2017, and his junior year of varsity high school football, our son experienced his 1st dislocated shoulder. After our visit to the ER, where they reduced it back into place, he came home to recover. At that point, we knew he was out for the remainder of the season so we began to contemplate scheduling shoulder surgery. In January 2018, we visited with the orthopedic surgeons to review his shoulder injury and talk about his MRI results...and again the possibility of surgery. The surgeons proceeded to tell us that once a shoulder dislocates, the likelihood of it happening again is probable. 50% without the surgery, 10% with the surgery. In the end, we thought what are the chances it will come out again? So we elected to risk it and not do the surgery. Fast forward to June 2018 , our son was in a Varsity football scrimmage and his shoulder came out again. Off to the ER we went to have it reduced. I began to rethink our surgery decision and ended up making another appt with the same orthopedic surgeon for the following week. At that visit, as he was examining his shoulder, the surgeon thought it would be a good idea to check his range of motion and mobility in the shoulder. Asking our son "Does this hurt? Does this hurt?" and our son stating "Yes", he proceeded to torque his shoulder out of location. As my son was lying face down with the surgeon unsuccessfully trying to get it back in, I decided to ask my series of questions that I had regarding surgery. The biggest one, "What is the recovery time after the surgery?" The surgeon replied, "At least six months." It was at that moment my son and I realized that if we did the surgery, playing his senior yearof Varsity football was NOT going to happen. There was no way the surgeon would clear him in time for the season in Sept. We both felt beyond defeated and emotionally drained with what we were just told. We talked about our options again and realistically surgery seemed to really be the answer but I heard of another option that I really wanted to explore. An option that, in the end, could possibly enable my son to play his final senior year of Varsity football. We went to visit Ryan Paul at New Athlete. I have to admit I was a little worried as to whether or not this would even work as my son had some severe shoulder deficiencies but once I understood the composition of the body and how it all ties together it all began to make sense and I had the utmosttrust in Ryan. For over 3 months, Ryan and his team worked with my son 5 days a week during the summer and then after school slowly regaining the strength and potential in my sons shoulder. We also coupled the workouts with ARP Wave Neurological Therapy(Accelerated Recovery Performance) 3x a week. As a result, Ryan and his team were able to recuperate solid strength, stability and flexibility in our son's shoulder thus dodging surgery!! My son played the ENTIRE football season - offense and defense - without incidence and had maximum mobility and performance within his shoulder. The coaches, his teammates, family and friends have commented that this was our son's best season he's ever played. There really aren't enough words to show our extreme gratitude towardsRyan and his team for their knowledge, expertise and "beyond successful" results with our son and his strength and mobility training. If you are being told that your injuries will only heal and recover if you get surgery, STOP and go see Ryan and his team at New Athlete! I highly recommend that you go and see Ryan at New Athlete to maximize your athletic movements!!! read more