Fitness and Rehabilitation machine for the Rotator Cuff

Abstract

A machine for exercising and rehabilitating the rotator cuff muscles that allows the user to easily isolate and manipulate, from a standing position, the internal and external rotation of the Rotator cuff with an outstretched arm, at any angle, to strengthen the Rotator Cuff muscles. Additionally it allows the user to strengthen the Pronation, Supination, Radial Deviation and Ulnar Deviation of the wrist.The aforementioned machine is comprised of a main rotating handle apparatus that consists of a gear joint, a ratchet mechanism and an angle adjustment pin. The handle is secured to linear rails that allow for height adjustment. The main rotating handle apparatus is connected to a stack of weights for resistance via a rubber coated steel cable and pulleys as well as connected to two counter weights via rubber coated steel cables and pulleys that relieve the weight of the handle for ease of adjustment.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE[0001]Provisional Patent No. 62 / 552,981BACKGROUND[0002]There are 4.5 million Rotator Cuff injuries each year in the United States alone; 250 to 300 thousand of which require surgery. This is due to a lack of convenient, efficient, non-strenuous methods to strengthen the Rotator Cuff. Overall this results in the neglect to train the Rotator Cuff, which leads to general muscle weakness for all ages and muscle atrophy for the elderly, potentially resulting in serious injury.[0003]The current methods of strengthening the Rotator Cuff include but are not limited to, bands, cable machines and dumbbells that involve rotating the shoulder while under its own weight or a greater weight with the elbow bent at a 90 degree angle which limits the range of motion of the shoulder and puts stress on the Rotator Cuff.BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION[0004]The present invention is a machine for exercising and rehabilitating the rotator cuff muscles that allows the user to easily isolate and m...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a machine that allows users to exercise and rehabilitate the rotator cuff muscles and the wrist. It allows the user to easily isolate and manipulate, from a standing position, the internal and external rotation of the rotator cuff with an outstretched arm, at any angle, to strengthen the muscles. It also strengthens the pronation, supination, radial deviation, and ulnar deviation of the wrist. The machine includes a base, top, four support beams, and a main rotating handle apparatus that consists of a joint utilizing gears, a ratchet mechanism, and an angle adjustment pin. The handle is secured to linear rails that allow for height adjustment. The main rotating handle apparatus is connected to plate weights for resistance via a rubber coated steel cable and a plurality of pulleys. It is also connected to two counter weights via rubber coated steel cables that relieve the weight of the handle for ease of adjustment.

Problems solved by technology

This is due to a lack of convenient, efficient, non-strenuous methods to strengthen the Rotator Cuff.

Overall this results in the neglect to train the Rotator Cuff, which leads to general muscle weakness for all ages and muscle atrophy for the elderly, potentially resulting in serious injury.

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