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The methodHow the Shoulder Reliever works
Relieve the joint at night, rebuild the deep muscles by day. A simple routine, about five minutes a day at home.
Two devices. One simple routine.
Relieve the joint at night, rebuild the deep muscles by day. A daytime exercise and a nighttime support sleeve work together to break the shoulder-pain cycle in about five minutes a day.
A 5-minute routine that gently opens the joint and rebuilds the deep rotator-cuff muscles.
Keeps the shoulder aligned as you sleep, so you stop re-injuring it overnight.
Decompress
The daytime pendulum gently opens the joint and takes pressure off the rotator cuff.
Support
The nighttime sleeve keeps your shoulder aligned so it can rest and recover.
Rebuild
Progressive coaching strengthens the deep muscles, so pain has less reason to return.
Built by a doctor
Tired of sending patients to the operating room
Dr. Michael Carroll designed the Shoulder Reliever after years of treating shoulder pain and watching patients dread surgery. The result is a drug-free, at-home system built on a simple idea: relieve the joint at night, and rebuild the deep muscles by day.
Answers from Dr. Carroll
Straight answers about how the night-and-day system works, and who it tends to help most.
Why does it work so well for nighttime pain?+
When you lie down you lose the gravity that normally keeps the spaces of the shoulder open. The nighttime sleeve helps keep those spaces open for blood flow and healing, while the daytime exercise strengthens the deep muscles that caused the problem in the first place.
Will it help shoulder impingement or a bone spur?+
It can help. By easing the impingement at night it helps break the injury cycle, and the daytime exercises strengthen the rotator cuff and draw the shoulder down, freeing up room under the bone spur.
I have a rotator cuff tear and want to avoid surgery. Can this help?+
Not every tear needs the knife, particularly long-standing pain.
Can I keep lifting weights while I use it?+
We recommend a 10-day break from upper body workouts while you start our system. This gives the small muscles of the shoulder a little head start to rebalance the joints.
Which side do I sleep on, and can I treat both shoulders?+
You can sleep any way except on the shoulder wearing the sleeve. Treat one side at a time at night and alternate, but use the daytime exercise on both shoulders.
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