Fitting a Sling After Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery

Don't let me forget I want to really talk to you about this deal here because I'm not

real thrilled with it. Well tell me what's going on. Well what they do and you know you go in you talk to the doctor and they're like okay we're

going to do the surgery and then this the sales reps like okay here this is boom. Right

Well fine but we put this we got this on and neither one of us really understand it but

But the problem is that I don't like it and do I absolutely have to have it

So to me, I like this, but I want to do what's best for me

The theory behind this is when you think of the blood supply to the shoulder, imagine

a hose, right? Garden hose. As I bend the hose, I start to constrict or restrict the water flow

position isn't bad, but it doesn't optimally influence blood flow. If we pop you out just

a little bit, and that's really what that is for, your elbow should just rest on there

relax. That changes the angle and that unkinks the hose, so we get a little bit better blood

flow. Now that being said, let's take a look at it. because I have no idea how it works

Let me get you to stand up for me. Sure. And you know, that's one of those things

that I always talk about. So you just relax. Relax the shoulder What I going to do is I going to bring this out just a little bit Bring this underneath and first just resting like that So that where it supposed to go

not here. Where it is right now is where it's supposed to go. Okay. Where did you guys have it

Well, I didn't know. We had it there. I had the contour here. Yeah. But this was tricky to go

around his waist. This was as uncomfortable as possible. What I'd like that to be is loose. Yeah absolutely

I mean that's as tight as it needs to be. Does this have to..

It has velcro so right now it's stuck inside. It was down here, it was over there

and this got up here and I just took velcro and patched him up

him up. So right now, this is just about it? This is all there is to it? And then you can still slip it on and off

Now what I'd like to try, I'm gonna open this up just a little bit

Good. No, because I didn't. Yeah. So same thing, kind of relax that. There we go

Yeah, I see what you're saying. That allows it to be down. Right. Now let's see the little Velcro

Yeah, so they always have these reps that come in and kind of get you set up, but they've never worn this

No, no. And then they're usually, I don't know this place, but they're usually younger

They are, and they're good people, but it's like, it's just, you know, to you students who are watching this

take care of your body so that when you 70 years old you don have to do this This is from being an electrician Okay and if you guys want you can turn on your videos You don have to

Whatever works best for you. Okay, so let me see you now again

Just kind of relax. Okay. Okay. Now, how does that feel? Do you feel tense still

No, I don't feel tense at all. My only concern is that this is going to stay here and not fall away

It is so locked in there, it's not going to go anywhere

It is comfortable. Yeah, yeah. Is it okay for him to still slip this off instead of belt on and this every time

Yeah, like when I want to take it off. Yeah, and we're going to take it off in just a minute

Okay, good. So we're just really doing this number and the top of it

I don't think you even really have to do that one. So normally when we're going to take it off, what it's going to be is you're going to pop this. Yeah

So that takes that off. I thought that was two things. There are two, but I don't know why

They're in the same... I'll show you again. Okay, so one goes there

So we've got this back one and we've got this front one

That's there. And then this guy, I just used the Velcro. Let me show her

So this normally is just right in there. Okay. Yeah, now I can make that looser if I want

Yeah, yeah. Okay. That really doesn't need to be anything. Okay, well see this is great

I understand now why they want you to do this. Just that it was so we just had everything so fouled up It was like this is crazy now what what this one is for which i do kind of like it so i never a big fan of this being up

on the neck okay yeah so what this would do is this would come in it would grab a hole here and

it would kind of bring this down a little bit that's yeah so that it's not up there on your

neck as much? That's better, I know, because I have issues with my neck. Let's do this

How can I remember? I'm going to make it so that it's fail safe. Okay. I won't say dummy proof

No. Fail safe. There's a test on this. That's right. Okay

And what will happen is once we get this apart, there we go

And if any of this Velcro at any point like rubs your skin or bugs you or whatever, you

know just take it off. I mean at the end of the day as long as you're not going crazy doing jumping jacks like you know you're gonna be fine

Well, this is this is better. Really. I understand now what I want this

I just thought it was like overkill. Right, right. So this is what I'm gonna do and guys

This is what I do like for home programs and stuff. I'm gonna send you I'm gonna record you

Taking this off so you know how to put it back on. Okay, so I'm gonna start a little video

So basically, I'm going to ask you to unclip those two