ATHLETE TESTIMONIALS

Stanley Cup hunger grips Bret Hedican
by Shawn P. Roarke | NHL.com Senior Writer June 13, 2006

"I was going to retire," Hedican said. "I had had enough. My body was pretty banged up. My knees, I probably couldn't stand up on a stair without pain going through both my knees. I had just had enough of the grind and my body couldn't take it anymore."

How could such a rehabilitation happen so quickly? Like most good fortune, Hedican stumbled across some people in native Minnesota that had the right answers. In this case, it was Denis Thompson, the developer of the ARP Protocols and the inventor of the ARP trainer. Thompson is among the nation's foremost authorities on neurological muscle stimulation. His ARP Program features the ARP Protocols, the most comprehensive array of techniques and methodologies specifically designed to stimulate the nervous system to prevent injury, target injury at the source, accelerate recovery from all injury and surgery, keep athletes fresh and improve human performance.

Central to this process is the use of a machine that delivers DC electrical current into the affected muscle tissue and locates the problem area so specific corrective action can be taken. "It solved my knee problems and my back problems," Hedican said. "Now, I can go out and skate with no pain in my knees and do the things I have been doing -- the things I could do 10 to 15 years ago. "My poor wife, having to listen to me most days when I got out of bed. I really just kept focused and believed I could get through it. A lot of hard work paid off."

Not only has the hard work paid off personally for Hedican, who earned a berth on the 2006 United States Olympic Team but it has also paid off in spades for the Hurricanes. In other word, Hedican is now playing like he did a dozen years ago when he fell a game short of claiming the Stanley Cup. "He's another big reason why we're sitting where we are today," Laviolette said.

Now, however, Hedican hopes he is a big part of the Carolina Hurricanes sitting with the Stanley Cup in their possession come sometime next week.

Neil Sheehy Former NHL Player Sports Attorney Represents NHL Hockey Players "ARP Wave is the most remarkable rehabilitation and training program I have witnessed in my 25 years of professional hockey. It has done remarkable things for my clients."

"Ryan Carter of the Anaheim Ducks broke his wrist and thumb. When he was taken out of the cast he had zero range of motion and zero strength and could not even turn the key to his car on. I was told he could not play until he had full range of motion and full strength which would likely take four weeks. After three days of treatments by Denis Thompson Ryan went back to Anaheim and practiced with the team the first day back. He was cleared to play later in the week."

"Andrew Alberts of the Boston Bruins was out for three months and the team thought he was done for the year. Andrew was treated by Denis Thompson for three days and returned to Boston. He skated with the team for a week and then was cleared to play and finished the season and the playoffs with the Boston Bruins."

"Casey Borer of the Carolina Hurricanes completely tore his MCL and had a 2/3 tear of the ACL. He was treated by Denis Thompson for three days prior to surgery to get all of the muscular inflammation out of the knee. The doctors repaired both ligaments on a Monday followed by Casey using the ARP each day on his muscles following surgery. Casey was on a bike for range of motion on the Thursday immediately following surgery which is absolutely remarkable. Casey is several months ahead of normal recovery for such an injury."