Today I had a break through with that painful arm position. My doctor came through the area when I was talking to the two techs about yesterday and that position. Couldn't they bring my arms down a bit? At the time my arms were just about fully extended, grasping those two dowels. He said, well, let's go in and see. So he came into the treatment room with us. They got me set up and he checked it out and agreed that it wouldn't hurt the positioning at all to give me a little more slack. The session went so well. I'm very relieved.