About Us
TRAIN. COMPETE. RECOVER. This has been the motto that motivates us. Our founder Dave Goldstein M.Ed, pitched at Long Beach State University and has coached at all levels including 10 years at Beckman High School in Irvine, CA and now at Ensworth High School in Nashville, TN. During his pitching days and coaching time in HS, College and beyond - he realized the recovery routine was always to “go-ice, run and put a jacket on”. He decided to ask a simple question: “Why?”
After discussing this with his friends who are Orthopedic Surgeons, Doctors and Athletics Trainers, he used his background in exercise physiology and biomechanics, and set out to develop a better way.
The patent pending, specifically designed shirt with a compression sleeve, mesh-lined pockets on either the right or left arm and vented gussets address the specific muscles used in the throwing motion.
These pockets allow for easy application for a warming pack or ice pack to be placed where they are needed most. The pockets have vented stretch material liners so there is no direct skin contact, alleviating burning or freezing.
The athlete simply puts the shirt on post-activity and can wear it while incorporating movement, compression and heat. The athlete then removes the heat or ice packs and can begin a designed mobility routine; warming the muscles up allowing nutrients to repair the muscles. The athlete can keep the shirt on and go home while maintaining constant compression on the arm and shoulder encouraging blood flow or while conducting post activity workouts.
ARC™ can be put on in the dugout or on the sideline without the athlete having no-shirt on (which is nice for the athlete) and worn home or even out to dinner!
This has been a true, family endeavor. Dave was encouraged to pursue developing his shirt by his wife who was a collegiate D-1 Gymnast, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor and licensed Gyrotonic® teacher and his two sons, who also played D-1 Baseball - they began prototyping, testing and ultimately manufactured ARC™. His daughter, who is a professional dancer, then got involved as our Social Media Marketing Manager.
The ARC™ shirt uses Heat treatment and Compression recovery for Post-throwing arm care. Athletes who use an Overhead Motion are searching for a modern Arm Care routine. Heat application encourages the body to deliver nutrients to the elbow and shoulder regions. Followed by Throwing Recovery Exercises or Mobility work and Compression finally provides Baseball, Softball, Football, Tennis Players and even Track and Field Athletes with a shirt to accomplish this goal.
Pitchers/Athletes that ice their arms after a game, bullpen or practice have typically been doing it since their youth days. Most likely, a coach told them that they needed to use the “RICE” method to help promote healing, so they’ve been saran wrapping an ice bag to their arm ever since. However, this is just another example of conventional wisdom versus science in pitching. NationalPitching.com, November 12, 2021
Ice came around 40 years ago when Dr. Gabe Mirkin wrote his best-selling Sportsmedicine Book in 1978. There he coined the term RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for the treatment of athletic injuries (Little Brown and Co., page 94).
But when you look deeper into the science behind "icing“, there’s no concrete evidence to it's viability. Why? Because ice slows everything down. It abates, or worse, shuts off the signals between the nerves and the muscles ... which basically stops lymphatic drainage (the lymphatic system works when the surrounding muscles contract and relax: no muscle action, no drainage).
"In fact, if ice is used beyond ten minutes or so, it actually increases waste in the involved area by causing the lymphatic vessels to backflow", (Gary Reinl, Nicholas DiNubile, MD, Leonard Smith, MD, Casey Reinl, JD, MPS*, Crystal Reinl, JD - Anti Inflammatory, 2012).
*PLEASE NOTE: If you have an acute injury, and are close to medical help and it is used as a short-term pain relief for a break or a dislocation, applying ice is the right thing to do prior to receiving medical attention.