I know it's an old thread but thought I would post my experience with Armaid here. (It's my first post, hi!)
History: Had pretty bad lateral epicondylitis (self diagnosed tennis elbow) in both elbows, particularly the right, as well as mild carpal tunnel (Self diagnosed) in the right hand. Had the carpal tunnel with varying symptoms over 5 years and the tennis elbow about 1 and a half years with varying symptoms too. Climbing was basically impossible without at least 4/10 pain, all the way up to 8/10 pain for 24 hrs afterwards. Extension at the wrist was basically painful 24/7. I tried combinations of icing, massage with lacrosse balls, long periods of non-climbing (up to a month), stretching of the various muscles etc, as well as doing the extensor/flexbar twist with only some small relief from the pain.
Lacrosse ball massage combined with using the flexbar (see Tyler Twist technique) was somewhat effective but my forearm muscles and tendons remained massively stiff and knotted and I physically could not put enough force on the area using the lacrosse ball or other objects to actually release all the tissue, and the tyler twist/eccentric exercises only seemed partially effective.
Anyway at a loose end I did some research on the net and ended up importing an Armaid with extra attachments from Sweden (TCA seem to be out of stock). This cost a little bit more than usual (not much though) but I was desperate so hey.
Results so far: I've been doing 20 minutes of massage and trigger point therapy with the Armaid with the 2 softest rollers (black, grey) and had dramatic results straight away. Absolutely no background pain other than a slightly 'bruised' feeling if I do it too hard. I've been doing combination of massage/trigger point therapy/flexbar exercises for 2 weeks and already noticed an increase in strength, and much less pain after climbing (climbing same intensity as before). All the tissue in my forearms is way less tense and generally I'm feeling pretty happy
Anyway thought I would share my story, if anyone else is struggling with crippling elbow/forearm pain and can afford it then it be the solution. I saw on Armaid's website that the guy took it to a few comps in the USA to let climbers try it, somewhat surprised it hasn't been done over here.
Anyway, laters!