Here is a slightly expanded article about Patterson which appeared in Slam! Sports and was written by AP writen Howard Fendrich. By the way, from the research I have done, it appears that most or all of the treatments JP had ARE available in the U.S. It is difficult to say with certainty as I don't know exactly what treatments he had.
Nationals pitcher John Patterson on mend after mysterious Toronto treatments
By HOWARD PENDRICH
WASHINGTON (AP) - Right-hander John Patterson is back with the Washington Nationals after a trip to Toronto for some unorthodox treatment on a bothersome nerve in his pitching arm.
Patterson played catch Thursday, then spoke to the media for the first time in about a month, but only briefly - 22 seconds to be exact - in an oddly terse exchange. "I really just have one comment, and the comment is basically that I feel good," Patterson said in the home clubhouse at RFK Stadium. "I feel great.
"It's the best I've felt in two years, and the treatment was a success. I have a throwing program that I'm following. That's the only comment I have."
A reporter asked: "Will you be back this year?"
Patterson replied: "Yeah, but that's all I have to say."
As the normally affable Patterson began to walk away, another reporter asked, "How come?"
There was no reply from Washington's opening day starter, who is 1-5 with a 7.47 ERA in seven starts this season.
"It's frustrating to keep talking about injuries, for as long as he's been," said GM Jim Bowden. "We support John 100 per cent.
"John has given everything he's had to come back - 100 per cent effort - and we're behind him. I can be short some days, too. It's OK."
Bowden said Patterson, on the disabled list since May 6, will head to Florida in the next week to continue his throwing program.
"We'll just keep monitoring him, but we expect him to pitch here in September," the GM said. "He's had some legitimate medical problems that have been very difficult that he's had to endure, which happens to guys, but the good news is that he's making progress medically.
"Threw pain-free today. So we're hoping his troubles are behind him."
After visiting four doctors during a cross-country trek in June, hoping to find a solution to the nerve problem, Patterson decided to try a treatment Bowden said was also used by Oakland Athletics closer Huston Street - and no one else in the majors.
Bowden wouldn't describe what Patterson had done in Toronto.
"It's very complicated, and they're new medical procedures that haven't been done before," he said. "We're breaking new ground and doing new procedures that's never been done before.
"So we don't know how it's going to play out. But so far, so good. We'll take it one step at a time. We're not going to promise anything."
