19/06/2026
Carlo came in 4 months post-op from hamate surgery and was still struggling.
Pain at the wrist. Numbness into the pinky and ring finger after hitting that lasted 10+ minutes. Grip strength limitations in the lead hand. Felt like it was holding him back every time he stepped in the box.
Active ulnar deviation reproduced his pain at a 5/10 in the same area that lit up when swinging.
When I tested local musculature, I found muscular and fascial restrictions coming from the flexor carpi ulnaris. This made a lot of sense because the pisiform bone sits directly next to the hamate and the FCU connects straight to the pisiform. That entire line of tissue traced directly to where he was having symptoms.
One needle into those FCU tissues to aggressively mobilize them and the pain went away immediately.
After the video I followed up with electro-stimulation to the FCU and distal points throughout the body to regulate the nervous system and lock in the local changes we made in the forearm.
Completely pain-free after that first needle.
With a case like this, muscular and strength-based, a few more treatments and some modifications to his strength training program are needed to fully address the overactive tissues. But the direction was clear from session one.
This is what I mean when I say needling can be diagnostic. The information we gain in the session doesn’t just treat the symptom. It tells us exactly what needs to be addressed in training and treatment going forward.
Four months of post-surgical pain resolved with one needle. That’s what finding the root cause looks like.
