The Rotater and Customer Service
January 10, 2012
What if you order the Rotater and decide it’s just not what you wanted? What if it doesn’t meet your expectations? What if you just don’t like the Rotater? Don’t worry…we guarantee the Rotater 100% If you’re not happy, we’re not happy and we’ll refund your money. No Questions Asked!!
The Rotater Customer Service
Don’t believe us? Read the email we just received from someone who found out firsthand.
Joint Mechanix, “..a great company”
Just had to let you know what a great company this is. I ordered the Rotater and it came really quickly. As it turned out my injury was not one that would benefit from using the product….but I must say they were so nice. I contacted them and they told me..”no problem”…wished me luck with my shoulder re hab and promptly refunded my ENTIRE amount immediately. If you have any doubts about giving them a try, have no doubts! If every company on the internet did business this way it would be so refreshing. I cannot say enough good things about them.
Grace Smith
No Risk … Huge Reward
What are you waiting for? It’s a simple, no-risk opportunity to try our shoulder rehab tool and regain your shoulder mobility and function.
Shoulder Information YOU Missed?
Here’s some of the recent articles and videos on shoulder rehab and shoulder performance you many have missed if you’re not a member of the Rotater community on Facebook:
Guide to Movement 1: Flexibility - Joumana Medlej
Upper Body Stretches for Olympic Weightlifting – All Things Gym
How do I know if I have a “full thickness” rotator cuff tear? – Howard J. Luks, MD – Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
Shoulder External Rotation (Video) – uvacswim
Shoulder Impingement Rehabilitation Exercises (Video) – healthworkschiro
How Effective is Internal Rotation Stretching? – Katy House, DPT
Do all rotator cuff tears need shoulder surgery? – Howard J. Luks, MD – Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
A Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroid and Other Injections – Sports Medicine Research
Packing the Shoulder – Iron Tamer, David Whitley
5 Non Traditional Shoulder & Rotator Cuff Exercises (Video) – DanBlewett.com
Stay up to date with what’s going on in the shoulder rehab and performance world…join the Rotater community on Facebook.
Shoulder Flexibility Questions
January 9, 2012
Understanding Shoulder Flexibility
We all have questions…and it would be helpful if we had a visual to help us understand. If you have questions about:
- Passive flexibility
- Active flexibility
- Dynamic flexibility
…then here’s a great explanation along with many drawings to help you visualize what these terms mean.
How to Have Better Shoulder Flexibility
“It’s things like The Rotater that make me wish there was a “love it” button. I have had three surgeries on my shoulder and nothing seemed to help. PT had it’s limits – at least my therapist did so I set out in search of something I could do at home. Since The Rotater, although I don’t have it all back (yet) my range of motion has increased significantly! It is worth every penny!” - Jon Tyre – from the Rotater Facebook Page
If you’re having issues with your shoulder flexibility, please visit the graphic above so you’ll have a better understanding of your shoulder. After that, you may want to learn more about the Rotater and how you can use it to increase your shoulder flexibility.
7 Websites for Great Shoulder Information
September 27, 2011
Looking for Shoulder Information?
If you’re looking for shoulder information where do you go? Sure you can do a Google search for the particular term you’re looking for, but is that search result listing going to give you the best information? Here are some websites that I repeatedly visit for outstanding shoulder information.
Eric Cressey’s Blog
Eric Cressey is the president of Cressey Performance, a training facility in Boston that works with athletes of ALL levels…youth to professional. Eric’s expertise is well respected and has led to him having numerous articles published in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, ESPN, T-Muscle, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Baseball America, The Worcester Telegram, Perform Better, Oxygen, Experience Life, Triathlete Magazine, Collegiate Baseball, Active.com, The Metrowest Daily News, Parents and Kids, and EliteFTS.
I subscribe to Eric’s RSS feed and check his new articles as soon as they appear. Do yourself a favor and bookmark his blog. Although he doesn’t write exclusively about the shoulder, he is widely recognized as one of the top shoulder gurus for his understanding of the shoulder joint, it’s function and rehabilitation.
Here’s a great example of Eric’s writing on the shoulder – Shoulder Hurts? Start Here
Mike Reinold’s Blog
Mike Reinold has a lot of letters behind his name – PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS – which means he’s invested a lot of time and money in his education. I had the opportunity to meet Mike and hear him speak in Birmingham, Alabama a couple of years ago at the annual ASMI conference. Mike’s passion for shoulder health and rehab was evident during his lectures. Maybe that’s one of the reasons he’s the Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Director of Medical Services of the Boston Red Sox.
Mike’s website is an absolute treasure box of rehab information … especially shoulder rehab information!!
Here’s one of my favorites from Mike – The Shoulder W Exercise
Sports Medicine Research
Sports Medicine Research covers a wide variety of topics … not just shoulders. But there is a lot of shoulder information presented and it’s based on clinical research. Do yourself a favor and stop by to see what the current science says.
Hint: Find the search box, about half way down the page, and type in “shoulder” – leave out the apostrophes 
The Sports Physiotherapist
The Sports Physiotherapist is another one of the websites that I’m constantly checking for updates. Science based from a real-world perspective.
They cover everything you can imagine … but here’s what a search of “shoulder” turned up.
Shoulderdoc
Shoulderdoc is a huge website filled with everything shoulder related … from arthroscopic surgery to Yeargasons test. Check out their sitemap to get an idea of the information at your fingertips.
Shoulder Rehab and Performance
Okay, time for a disclaimer: Shoulder Rehab and Performance is our “sister” blog. We started it in 2007 when we realized there really weren’t many websites devoted to shoulder rehab and shoulder performance. It’s basically a compilation of news, research, videos and our shoulder injury experiences.
The Rotater Facebook Page
Another disclaimer: This is our Facebook Page. We try to post several links daily to shoulder articles and videos you’ll find helpful as you rehab your shoulder. We have over 900 fans and are growing fast. Stop by and see why.
What Do You Suggest?
Do you have a favorite website you visit for shoulder rehab and performance information? Then, leave us a comment and share it.
Facepulls with External Rotation…Thanks TRX!
August 16, 2011
Shoulder rehab exercises don’t have to be hard….and you don’t need to invest thousands of dollars in weights and equipment. The TRX Suspension Trainer is affordable, versatile and easy to use. Here are a couple of videos demonstrating how to use the TRX to perform Face Pulls with External Rotation…a great rotator cuff exercise.
…and here’s another view of the same exersice
The TRX Suspension Trainer is a super product that incorporates your body weight into the exercises. The possibilities are limitless.
The Rotater Goes to Puerto Rico for the ACA Sports Symposium
August 5, 2011
This is a guest post by Dr. Jennifer Illes who was one of the featured speakers at this year’s sports symposium of the American Chiropractic Association.
During the last weekend of July, Dr. Jennifer Illes, a chiropractic physician from Florida demonstrated the use and benefits of the “Rotater” at the annual ACA (American Chiropractic Association) sports symposium.
Dr. Illes Includes the Rotater in her Presentation
Over 300 sports physicians from all over the USA, Canada, and Mexico attended. Dr. Illes who teaches clinical scinece courses at National University of Health Sciences in Florida, presented both a lecture and lab about scapular dyskinesis. She implemented the Rotater while explaining how to stretch the GH capsule, and how during the rehabiliative phase of treatment the Rotater could be used for increasing strength of the shoulder mobilizers. The audience was impressed with this invention, and they came up after the presentation to demo it. Nothing but positive feedback for the ROTATER!!!
The ACA Council on Sports Injuries and Physical Fitness is a professional and educational non-profit organization with a growing membership of active chiropractors. The ACA Sports Council attracts doctors from across the U.S. and around the world, who desire to become more directly involved with developing and promoting the treatment of athletes.
